The Army's Enterprise Cloud Management Office said it is fully operational despite failing to assign some personnel to their new positions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The office, which was established in November, said it moving along quickly with its information technology modernization plan despite the gaps in the workforce. Before the pandemic, ECMO was […]
Lawmakers and cybersecurity groups have raised concerns about the vulnerability of the health care sector to hackers amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Speaking with The Hill, Sen. Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said one of his major policy focuses even before the pandemic was the cybersecurity posture of the health […]
Cybersecurity experts have called on federal agencies to map security responsibilities tied to their cloud migration as they shift to a telework setup. During a webinar on cloud adoption and security hosted by Venable, Michael Duffy, the cybersecurity and infrastructure security deputy associate director at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said the adoption […]
Katie Arrington, the chief information security officer for the assistant secretary for defense acquisition, wants the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification to serve as a basis for a global security standard. In line with the DoD’s goal, Arrington told the participants of an online event hosted by Bloomberg Government that the Five Eyes […]
The Navy is maintaining vigilance even amid the increase in telework arrangements, according to the branch's cybersecurity director. Rear Adm. Katherine Creighton said the Navy had to adapt to the cultural shift from working in the office to working from home. She added that the Navy tapped partners from the Department of Defense and from the industry […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center within the Department of Defense has issued a request for information in search of tech testing tools that can assess the limits of the department’s full spectrum of emerging AI technologies. Jane Pinelis, chief of test, evaluation and assessment at the JAIC, said in a statement that the RFI was […]
The Air Force has awarded Falkonry additional funding to help the company deliver operational artificial intelligence technology for Department of Defense customers. Falkonry was one of the 21 companies selected for funding by the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer. They received a combined total of $550M in Strategic Financing contracts, Falkonry announced […]
James “Hondo” Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has affirmed that the service is working to accelerate research and development initiatives by amending some of its business processes and switching to a distributed research model. Speaking at the Navy’s League’s Sea-Air-Space conference, the 2020 Wash100 winner said the Navy […]
The Department of Homeland Security has tapped BlueRISC to develop software to improve the cybersecurity of mobile devices used by the agency's employees. With support from DHS Science and Technology Directorate, BlueRISC is using cloud-based, root-of-trust technology to help secure personal emails connected to government equipment. The tool, which is based on the company's EPRIVO, […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to use some of its 3D printing resources, which it shares with the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, to produce ventilator parts. In an interview with Nextgov, Beth Ripley, VA’s representative for the 3D-printing partnership with the NIH and the FDA, said the shift […]
