A survey conducted by software company Ivanti suggests that the combination of work-from-home and in-office set-up is increasing the vulnerability of government agencies’ IT networks to cyber attacks. Ivanti’s Government Cybersecurity Status
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Joseph Wassel, former cyberspace operations executive at the Defense Information Systems Agency, has been chosen as CEO of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s First Responder Network Authority. Wassel’s expertise in public
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued the National Institute of Standards and Technology authorization to resume operations of its research reactor. NIST said Friday the go-ahead came after NRC assessed NIST’s updated
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said technology manufacturers should make strong security a standard element of their tech offerings, particularly those that support U.S. critical infrastructure. Easterly,
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The Senate voted 54-42 Thursday to confirm Danny Werfel, most recently managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service within the Department of the Treasury.
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The U.S. Marine Corps has launched a software factory to accelerate the development of applications and technologies designed to support modernization efforts across the service branch. Co-located with the Army Software Factory
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Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer for the Department of the Air Force and a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient, said the service branch is moving closer to implementing a zero trust architecture to
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Dr. Raj Iyer, former chief information officer at the U.S. Army and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, has joined digital workflow provider ServiceNow as global head of public sector. The Santa Clara, California-based company
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Carahsoft President Craig Abod and Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, were highlighted today for their selection to Executive Mosaic’s 2023 Wash100 Award. 100 of the government
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The Small Business Administration has released a preview of the updated Historically Underutilized Business Zone maps showing the locations that will become eligible for HUBZone certification. The new HUBZone maps will take
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