Report: Mobility Policies Gaining Speed in Agencies

Agencies are increasingly implementing policies to allow employees to bring their own mobile devices to work, according to a CDW Government report.

CDW surveyed 414 federal employees and information staff and found that about 62 percent of federal agencies have policies in place for employees to bring their own devices.

According to CDW,…

NSA Targeting Android Version Against Bad Apps

The National Security Agency has released a version of Android that features stricter-access control policies, according to InformationWeek.

Security Enhanced Android was designed to identify and address gaps in Android’s security regarding applications, including problems with malicious and bad apps. The project page says the new version will limit damage from bad apps.

NSA said the release…

Dell Partner’s Mobile Software Approved for Defense Agencies

The Defense Department last week approved Dell‘s version of Android 2.2 to access the department’s networks, and has now taken another step towards allowing employees to bring mobile devices into the workplace.

Mobile software firm Good Technology announced Wednesday that the Defense Information Systems Agency has approved the company’s “Secure Android”…

Verizon, General Dynamics Among First In Line for FedRAMP Process

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…

SRA Deals Smart Phone Security Suite, Plans Govt Comm. Across Devices

SRA International has spent the past few years helping develop a hardware-based system of security tools for the smart phones of its government customers.

This week, it closed a transaction to sell its stake in the system’s application suite and send an engineering team to R&D partner KoolSpan. 

KoolSpan manufactures a chip that slides into cell phones via…

2012 Bodes Well for Cybersecurity; Symantec, McAfee Part of Puzzle

As the federal government continues to pursue areas such as telework, mobility and cloud, cyber risks will become more apparent. It also means that cybersecurity will continue to be a top market for the government contracting industry.

A recent article from Washington Technology outlines the cyber needs of many federal agencies as they work to shore…

Could Bringing Own Device to Work Also Bring Hackers?

Federal employees who bring their own iPhones and Android devices to work may also bring a growing risk of hackers creating chaos, according to a forecast from M86 Security Labs.

The network security firm is expected to release its annual prediction of the top security threats to both businesses and government, according to…

Verizon Grabs New Partner and Dishes Out Tips on Cloud

Verizon picked cloud contact center solution provider inContact to be on its team in hopes to better provide businesses and government agencies with means to communicate via cloud. Additionally, the company has offered up some tips on how to keep that cloud compliant.

Verizon and inContact will be putting forth a suite of cloud based communication services….

IBM Mobility Suite Has New App Shooting to Protect Corporate Data

In order to defend organizations against data loss caused by theft, malware, unauthorized access, among other things, IBM has put forth a new service assisting in creating more secure access to corporate data. 

The existing mobility portfolio will now have IBM hosted mobile device security management service to offer as well. The smart device security application offers managed…

Unisys’ Private Cloud Makes its Debut with Enhanced Security, Mobility Support

Unisys Corp.’s second version of its private cloud solution has made its debut with enhancements to the core software stack, featuring expanded management security and infrastructure automation capabilities.

Unisys aims for its enhanced cloud service to simplify managing integrated IT environments and make preserving existing technology investments easy. 

The solution is part of Unisys’ hybrid enterprise strategy and includes built in…