Ash Thankey currently serves as director of national security at Amazon Web Services, where he oversees human systems, cyber, signals intelligence and defense intelligence units within the company’s U.S. business. Prior to joining
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ChatOps tools have huge potential to enhance decision-making at the edge, according to Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of Mattermost’s North America public sector arm. These technologies enable constant connection between mission
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Data-centric cybersecurity and automated classification can help the U.S. military achieve battlespace dominance due to their ability to protect information regardless of its location or users, Shannon Vaughn, general manager of Virtru
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The General Services Administration, NASA and the Department of Defense are seeking feedback on a proposed rule that intends to standardize cybersecurity contractual requirements for unclassified federal information systems as part of
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The Office of Personnel Management has issued a memorandum informing federal agencies of its plan to replace periodic reinvestigations with continuous vetting for non-sensitive public trust positions. Full enrollment of the non-sensitive
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Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., have introduced legislation that would allow the U.S. Postal Service to provide identity verification and related services to the commercial sector to combat identity
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The U.S. Space Force officially assumed responsibility for the U.S. Army’s Joint Tactical Ground Station missile warning system mission on Sunday, Oct. 1. Space Delta 4 at Buckley Space Force Base in
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The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on multiple projects to protect the country’s cyber systems and networks, S&T Undersecretary Dimitri
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A proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation would reflect policy changes made by the Small Business Administration regarding protest submission requirements for multiple-award contract set-asides and reserves. The Department of Defense,
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A study by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and Accenture has found that 88 percent of state CIOs are accelerating their adoption of cloud services across operational domains. NASCIO
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