Cisco Survey: 62% of Fed Employees Say BYOD Policy ‘Desirable’
Many federal employees still use smartphones for work purposes despite their agency’s lack of a policy on workers bringing their own mobile devices into the office, a Cisco and GovLoop survey says. Nextgov reports the survey of 108 GovLoop members found 41 percent use their devices for email, 30 percent for reading and writing, 21 [...]
A report from the TechAmerica Foundation’s Federal Big Data Commission says big data can be defined through identifying four major characteristics, ZDNet reports. Leaders and commissioners came from companies including IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, EMC, NetApp, Grant Thornton and Computer Sciences Corp., according to Andrew Brust’s story. The report said that [...]
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Report: WH Cyber Exec Order Draft Calls for DHS-Led Council; Richard Clarke Comments
September 10, 2012 No CommentA draft White House executive order would create a Department of Homeland Security-led cybersecurity council, which would use cyberthreat intelligence to develop security standards guidance, the Washington Post reports. Several unnamed officials told the Post the four-page draft would take months to finish. White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden confirmed the administration is considering a cyber [...]
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The White House has released an updated guidance for agencies on implementing “bring your own device” policies, Nextgov reports. Brittany Ballendstedt writes that a working group used recent BYOD programs at other agencies to form this new BYOD guidance. Goals of allowing employees to bring their own mobile devices into work include improved productivity, work-life [...]
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Agencies in charge of national security and emergency preparedness programs should move mission-critical systems to cloud computing infrastructures, a White House advisory panel says, according to Fierce Government IT. In its report, the White House’s national security telecommunications advisory committee also said the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program should include more high-risk impact level systems. The [...]
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A multi-industry group has issued a set of protection guidelines to fight botnets, the company announced Thursday. The Industry Botnet Group made the announcement during a White House event Wednesday to discuss the impacts of botnets to cyber security. The list includes nine tips that were created to minimize the effects of botnets through partnership, [...]
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The White House announced its big data research and development initiative Thursday, with six agencies each committing funds to improve the tools necessary to conduct data set analysis. The Defense Department is among the agencies committing funds to develop the government’s ability to harness and apply big data information. The Pentagon is setting aside $250 million [...]
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