U.S. defense organizations are moving quickly to adopt big data and analytics tools for work such as military vehicle maintenance, infrastructure management and tactical decision-making, Defense Systems reported Friday. Terry Costlow writes
MoreEdward Cardon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, said the service has begun to recruit information technology professionals to join the branch’s newly formed cyber organization. The Cyber Branch will
MoreThe Department of Homeland Security is seeking information on potential sources of identity and account management capabilities for the operations, maintenance and integration of the Citizenship and Immigration Services‘ E-Verify program. Capabilities include authentication services
MoreThe Energy Department has developed a new dashboard tool it plans to use to protect its networks and systems against cybersecurity incidents, DOE’s chief architect has told Federal News Radio. Rick Lauderdale
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The Pentagon has released a document that contains its cyber doctrine for military officials to plan cyber offensive missions, FCW reported Friday. Sean Lyngaas writes the new cyber ruling requires the federal government’s
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Walker White, president of data quality company BDNA, predicts that big data security, virtualization and application rationalization will be top priorities for government enterprises in the new fiscal year. He indicated that being able to
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has unveiled a new public-facing website with a map that depicts the spread of Ebola by province in West Africa and locations of emergency treatment units in a push
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The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Aviation has selected Nutanix to provide additional data center architecture offerings as part of efforts to bolster PEO Aviation’s virtual desktop infrastructure for managing the U.S. Army‘s aircraft systems. Nutanix
MoreA new Market Connections report indicates that many government agencies do not have plans or are still considering plans to adopt cloud computing technologies as they identify security risks as a major concern, FCW reported Thursday. Jonathan Lutton
MoreKaren DeSalvo, director of the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will move to the Department of Health and Human Services as acting assistant secretary for health, FCW reported Thursday.
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