Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, said the Defense Department has integrated its in-patient, theater and pharmacy data systems to comply with a requirement under the 2014 National Defense Authorization
MoreNational Counterintelligence Executive Bill Evanina believes China has failed to follow an agreement with the U.S. government to help counter Chinese cyber attacks against U.S. companies, The Hill reported Thursday. The U.S.
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Close to 600 cybersecurity experts from across NATO member and partner countries have participated in a week-long event that sought to test the professionals’ abilities to defend computer networks against complex threats. Austria, Ireland, Finland,
MoreThe Office of Personnel Managementâs inspector general has evaluated OPMâs compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act and found that up to 23 of its data networks operate without valid system
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Navy Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has said Cybercom wants to draw upon the expertise of companies in order to secure the Defense Department‘s operations in cyberspace, DoD News reported Thursday. Cheryl
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has urged the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform regular assessments on the Defense Department‘s efforts to move innovations from experimental phase into acquisition and deployment stages. GAO made
MoreArmy Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, has said DISA works to achieve â100 percent identity assuranceâ with its contractors in an effort to safeguard data infrastructures from
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Federal CIO Tony Scott believes federal agencies must share cyber systems alongside information to build up government cybersecurity and shared responsibility, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Billy Mitchell writes that Scott said at the publication’s
MoreA new MeriTalk survey of 150 federal information technology leaders indicates almost 92 percent of managers believe there is an urgent need to update their agencies’ IT applications. Fifty-two percent of those
MoreA new Government Accountability Office report says the majority of 24 federal agencies studied by GAO still have security control weaknesses that make their information and systems vulnerable to cyber threats. GAO said
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