Cyber
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CyberDISA Closes Another DoD Enterprise Data Center As Part Of Federal Initiative
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has closed another defense enterprise data center, following government-wide guidance, the agency said Monday. DISA shuttered the Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) in Huntsville, […]
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CyberCritical Infrastructure Recognizes Risk But Cyber Remains Low Priority, Study Finds
A majority of companies controlling critical infrastructure across the world said they had been attacked in the past year and expected to be attacked again in the next year, yet […]
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CyberHigher Security Baseline, Continuous Monitoring Next Priorities For Fed Cloud Program
Extending the security baseline and moving to continuous monitoring of cloud service providers are among the top priorities for the federal cloud program over the next two years, its administrator […]
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CongressHouse Passes Bills For Chemical and Border Security, Emergency Communications
The House Tuesday night approved with little opposition several homeland security bills dealing with chemical and border security, and emergency communications. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and […]
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CyberDifficulty In Procuring Cloud Comes Down To Teaching Acquisition Officers, Official Says
Cloud computing services can be purchased from most providers at any time online with a credit card, yet federal agencies have struggled to figure out the best method for procuring […]
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CongressSenate Intel Committee Approves Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday approved 12-3 a bill designed to promote the sharing of information between the private sector and the federal government and that also includes liability […]
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CyberAgencies Falling Behind On Federal CIO’s Data Consolidation Initiative
More than 70 percent of agencies report that they have either maintained or increased their number of data centers, despite a federal initiative calling for reductions with a 2015 deadline, […]
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CyberEconomics Of Cyber Security Still Not Understood, White House Official Says
The challenges and solutions to securing cyberspace are essentially understood yet people won’t make the necessary fixes because in part the economics and human behavior of cyber security are misunderstood, […]
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CyberMutualink Interoperable Comm System Receives DoD-wide Certification
The Department of Defense has awarded Mutualink’s interoperable radio and multimedia communications platform a certification for department-wide use, the Connecticut-based company said Monday. The Mutualink platform received the Joint Interoperability […]
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Business/FinancialJacobs Engineering Acquires Verizon’s Federal Network Systems Business
Jacobs Engineering Group [JEC] on Tuesday said it has completed its acquisition of Verizon’s [VZ] Federal Network Systems (FNS) business, expanding its capabilities in the intelligence community. Terms of the […]