Cyber
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CongressDHS, DoD Officials Say New Cyber Security Partnership Bearing Results
A recent agreement between the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security on better detailing roles and responsibilities in protecting the homeland from cyber threats and improving the sharing of related […]
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CyberGAO Denies Oracle’s Protest Of Pentagon’s $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Contract
Oracle’s [ORCL] protest of the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract has been denied, with the Government Accountability Office ruling the department’s decision to go with a single-award […]
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CongressCongress Approves Changing DHS Directorate Into Cyber Security Agency
The House on Tuesday evening unanimously approved a bill to change the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), […]
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Homeland SecurityAfter Cyber Breaches, OPM Still Has Open Security Recommendations, GAO Warns
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which suffered cyber intrusions discovered in 2015 that compromised personnel records and files on background investigations of more than 25 million people, has implemented […]
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CongressHouse Retains Technology Policy Proponents, Senate Loses Dem Cyber Legislators
The mid-term election results are expected to have a key impact on congressional cyber efforts, with the House retaining two of its largest digital policy proponents and the Senate losing […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Contracts For Program To Develop New War Gaming Prototypes
The Army has awarded two developments contracts for its program to build new war gaming tools, as the service looks to take greater advantage of commercially available software for battlefield […]
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Business/FinancialMost DoD Supply Chain Technology Funding Goes To IT Sustainment, Report Says
The Defense Department spent nearly $80 billion on supply chain technology from fiscal years 2014 to 2017 and most of the spending, $57.8 billion, went toward sustaining information technology (IT), […]
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Cyber
Industry To Inform Single Vs. Multi-Vendor Decision For Pentagon’s $8 Billion DEOS Cloud Program
The Pentagon’s technology support agency is looking for industry to inform its decision on whether its upcoming $8 billion enterprise cloud services contract is a single award or multi-vendor competition, […]
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Business/Financial
Symantec Acquires Firms Offering Enterprise, Mobile Security Capabilities
The cyber security software company Symantec [SYMC] on Monday said it has made two acquisitions that provide it with capabilities to protect enterprises against active directory-based attacks and help secure […]
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CyberSo Far, Shift In Cyber Strategy Has Been Successful, Pentagon Official Says
Less than two months after the Trump administration and Defense Department released new cyber strategies that enable more offensive operations, the results so far are positive, a Pentagon official said […]