Companies that already provide cloud services to federal agencies will have their offerings vetted first under the new FedRAMP security assessment program. Verizon Federal and General Dynamics‘ information technology business unit are among the companies who will have their cloud services reviewed under the new program according to Federal Times. FedRAMP was launched earlier this [...]
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Stratfor Cyber Breach Adds to Debate Over Govt Role in Protecting Private Networks
December 28, 2011 No CommentA cybersecurity breach at intelligence think tank Stratfor over the weekend struck close to the central point of debate over how to secure domestic networks, Josh Smith wrote in the National Journal today. Smith wrote that this debate “has revolved around the division between government and private sector security,” where businesses want more cybersecurity protections, [...]
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The Department of Homeland Security appears to be ready for a rollout of version three of its Einstein intrusion prevention cybersecurity software, Federal News Radio reports. Einstein 3 “will draw on commercial technology and specialized government technology to conduct real-time full packet inspection and threat-based decision-making on network traffic entering or leaving these executive branch [...]
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The Defense Department is allowing a second mobile platform to access its networks, but it is not quite yet a “bring your own device” approach. The Pentagon’s Security Technical Implementation Guide covers Dell’s version of Android 2.2, according to Stars and Stripes. This version is the only Pentagon-approved version. Dell’s Venue smartphone is the only device [...]
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App Mall, Geospatial Collaboration in Works as Army Moves Intelligence to Cloud
December 27, 2011 No CommentIn October, the director of the National Security Agency wanted to make clear to a Baltimore audience his views on the intelligence community using cloud computing. “We need to go from our legacy databases to the cloud,” Army Gen. Keith Alexander said. Alexander explained that cloud computing offers a better end-to-end view of networks and makes [...]
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The Department of Homeland Security‘s National Cyber Security Division and the Idaho National Laboratory have won the 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for creating a series of training programs on defending the power grid and other utility systems, according to a SANS Institute announcement. The programs were created by the DHS Controls Systems Security Program and [...]
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A not-for-profit health center established by a 2003 executive order from President George W. Bush is launching an initiative to improve cybersecurity education and protect U.S. health information infrastructure. Modernhealthcare.com reports the National Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center will build off of the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s cybersecurity workforce framework and support programs intended to [...]
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is working to develop a dashboard to help assess and aid with moving health records to the digital realm. In a Dec. 21 announcement, ONC said the dashboard will create datasets used to assess, improve and publicize performance information regarding ONC health IT grants given to [...]
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