Amazon Web Services [AMZN] is opposing the Pentagon’s push to remand the company’s legal challenge of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program so the department can re-evalute bids on its own, calling the proposal an attempt to “gerrymander” the ...

The Pentagon is seeking to reevaluate the bids for its potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud competition, filing a motion on Thursday asking the court to remand Amazon Web Services’ [AMZN] legal challenge of the competition. If approved, DoD would have 120 days to ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week approved a number of bills related to port, cyber and drone security, including a measure already passed by the House that requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan for 100 percent screening of commercial ...

The Trump administration’s proposal to reduce funding for the federal agency assigned to protect federal civilian networks and work with state and local governments and the private sector on minimizing cyber security risks will not stand, Democrats and Republicans on a House Homeland Security ...

A bipartisan commission on Wednesday released a landmark report detailing the U.S. government’s lagging structural approach to cyber deterrence and establishing steps for a new national cyber strategy, including bolstering the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).  Sen. Angus ...

The Pentagon will hold a public hearing in late April or early May for its new cyber security contracting standards, as the department readies to select third party auditors and roll out the requirements in 10 pilot programs this summer. Ellen Lord, the department’s top acquisition official, on ...