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Cyber

Survey Finds Federal Agencies Remain Challenged Over Data Security Risks

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 6th, 2014

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Survey Finds Federal Agencies Remain Challenged Over Data Security Risks

Network security provider Symantec [SYMC] on Thursday released a study that shows federal agencies believe that they remain heavily challenged in grappling with data security and data management. Only 37 percent of those surveyed for the study give their organizations an “A” for data protection and while 74 percent say they have a formal, enterprise-wide information governance strategy, just 22 percent believe it’s very effective and 39 percent rank the strategy a four out of a possible five, according to…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]