DoDIIS 2024: 4 Defense and Intelligence Community Priorities …
Defense and intelligence agencies are working to ensure they have the networks in place to handle artificial intelligence (AI), because that’s the biggest impediment to deploying the emerging technology.. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency transports more data globally than any other U.S. agency, so its network needs to scale to keep pace with advances in …
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
Federal agencies have long followed the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations to help agencies select the appropriate safeguards related to cybersecurity, privacy and supply chain risk management.. A key component of how agency IT officials assess risk and deploy new information systems is an authorization to ...
Technologies to Help with OPM’s Remote Work Guidance | FedTech
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to design remote and telework workspaces based on their respective missions and employees’ positions and capabilities, rather than using an ineffective, cookie-cutter approach.. A recent memo issued by OPM offers agencies guidance on establishing remote and telework policies and programs in …
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
What Are Commercial Solutions for Classified? The CSfC program, which got off the ground in 2016, certifies commercial network solutions that agencies can use to create secure, encrypted networks.The program is designed to enable commercial products for use in layered solutions protecting classified National Security Systems (NSS) data.
More Than Just Tools: Observability Platforms for Government
Observability platforms provide agencies with a unified framework for analyzing and optimizing their increasingly complex IT environments.. Such platforms address critical challenges such as tool sprawl, outdated technology and inefficient workflows by consolidating monitoring functions, ensuring data reliability and fostering collaboration.
How Agencies Can Stay Ahead of the CMMC Game in 2025
The Department of Defense wants a smooth transition into the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 era after spending the past four years reworking its original rule.. One way defense agencies can make future contracting easier is by working with industry partners offering CMMC-compliant services once the security requirements begin appearing in agreements, which is expected to occur ...
How to Build a Software Factory - FedTech Magazine
The Department of Defense develops software factories to enable continuous integration and delivery of new applications amid its ongoing software modernization push.. An assembly line comparison is apt: DOD defines a software factory as having distinct pipelines — each with its own tools, workflows, scripts and environments — and sets of automated activities throughout the development ...
Q&A: Microsoft Copilot Should Fly to Agencies This Summer
FEDTECH: What are the challenges in the federal workforce that AI can help fix? PAYNE: The federal government in general is drowning in data. How do you use that data to deliver better citizen services, improve science and maintain information advantage?. Then there’s the cybersecurity challenge: Agencies need a way to monitor network traffic and identify suspicious activities more efficiently.
How IBM 7094 Gave NASA Computing Superiority in the 1960s
The early mainframe model, powerful in its day, helped NASA control spacecraft for the Gemini and Apollo programs. Learn the role the IBM 7094 played in NASA's breakthrough.
Air Force Launches Modernized IT Help Desk with ServiceNow
The Air Force has been a pioneer in outsourcing the management of basic IT capabilities to commercial providers via its Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) program, which began trials in the fall of 2018.Other agencies and service branches, especially in the Defense Department, have followed in the Air Force’s footsteps. Now, the Air Force is starting to see the fruits of its efforts.