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USCIS Wants Customer Service to Go Mobile
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is contemplating how to include mobile devices in its system for providing customer service.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a request for information Wednesday on behalf of USCIS for “planning purposes.” DHS wants information on incorporating mobile applications into its customer service avenues.
DHS said in…
DHS Keeping Watchful Eye on Social Media, Storing Information
The Department of Homeland Security announced last month it was looking into how it could use Twitter as an intelligence tool and how to monitor social media networks.
DHS is now creating accounts to monitor site activity and establish an archiving system for the information it gathers, ABC News reports.
“The…
Verizon, General Dynamics Among First In Line for FedRAMP Process
Published on 28 Dec, 2011 at 14:46 in Cloud | Viewed 179 times | No Comments
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…
DHS, Idaho National Lab Win Award for Cyber Training Programs
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…
Feds Say Illinois Water Pump Was Not Hacked
Published on 28 Nov, 2011 at 14:58 in Cyber | Viewed 27 times | No Comments
Last week, the story broke that a water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility had failed and hackers were to blame. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is saying that no such thing happened.
The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team released a report outlining the steps taken in assessing the situation. The group said…
Did Hackers Shut Down Illinois Water Pump? Feds Looking Into It
Published on 21 Nov, 2011 at 14:33 in Cyber | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
A water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility failed Nov. 8. Usually this would be considered a technical difficulty, but this failure has raised eyebrows of the federal government.
Joe Weiss, a cybersecurity expert, disclosed the incident on his blog Thursday and pointed the finger at foreign cyber attackers. Now the U.S. Department of…
McAfee Security Products Purchased in DHS Agreement
Published on 2 Nov, 2011 at 14:10 in Industry News | Viewed 18 times | No Comments
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded immixGroup an enterprise license agreement for McAfee software licenses and incidental services.
Of three software capability areas including application infrastructure, backup and storage, and security, DHS chose immixGroup’s offering to supply McAfee software in the security area. The agreement with immixGroup is a GSA schedule-based Blanket Purchase Agreement for a…
In-Q-Tel to Promote Fiber-Laser-Based Systems for DHS
Published on 1 Nov, 2011 at 15:04 in Industry News | Viewed 28 times | No Comments
In-Q-Tel is forming a strategic partnership with Genia Photonics Inc., which specializing in fiber-laser-based systems, to promote Genia’s technology development and provide new opportunities for Genia’s product applications.
The technology is being developed for the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
“Our partnership with Genia Photonics will build on the company’s success in the commercial market,”…
CGI Federal to Deliver DHS Public Cloud Solution; SVP Eric Wolking Comments
CGI Federal has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security for its three-year, $1.8 million DHS-Wide Public Cloud Web Content Management Services contract.
CGI will deliver a public cloud solution for the department’s public websites, including DHS.gov, FEMA.gov, and USCIS.gov.
CGI will provide three integrated environments that encompass the full application development and deployment lifecycle,…
FISMA Requires Agencies to Complete Monthly Security Reports
Federal agencies will begin reporting security data to an online compliance tool, CyberScope, as part of fiscal year 2011 requirements for the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Agencies will submit monthly data feeds through CyberScope to the Department of Homeland Security as defined in a recently released memo outlining the new requirements so that cybersecurity is may be better monitored.
Additionally,…
