The Department of Defense considers cloud migration a requirement for software modernization, a top technology official said. In early February, the Pentagon published a software modernization strategy that establishes its enterprise software goals and supersedes its 2018 cloud strategy. Danielle Metz, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for information enterprise, said the department opted not […]
Jason Weiss announced that he will step down from his role as the Department of Defense’s chief software officer. In his position, Weiss oversees the adoption of modern software development practices and application modernization. Weiss is the DOD’s first official to hold the role that was created in late 2021 to renew the department’s approach […]
Civilian and military organizations now depend on the cyber domain for many of their functions. A string of high-profile cyberattacks over the past years demonstrated how disruptive cyberattacks can be when aimed at federal agencies and critical infrastructure sectors. Government officials and industry experts have been calling for stronger cybersecurity in sectors such as oil […]
Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space unit has made $30,000 in cybersecurity scholarship funding available through the International Information System Security Certification Consortium. As part of its Underrepresented Minorities in Cybersecurity Scholarship program, Raytheon Intelligence & Space will award $10,000 each to three persons from historically underrepresented communities in cybersecurity, ISC2 said Monday. ISC2 added that […]
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall underscored the importance of logistics in ensuring the department’s operational success. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 winner and a scheduled speaker at an upcoming Potomac Officers Club event, hailed logisticians as the “unsung heroes of our department,” the Edwards Air Force Base website reported. “I recognize the incredible importance of what […]
Forescout Technologies and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are jointly developing cybersecurity guidance for manufacturing organizations. Work is being done as part of the NIST Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s “Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments” project. The effort is specifically aimed at helping organizations bolster the cybersecurity of their […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has urged organizations regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to step up their security for electronic protected health information. In its cybersecurity newsletter, the HHS Office of Civil Rights said that many HIPAA-covered entities underappreciate the impact of their action or inaction on ePHI security. […]
The Department of Energy has announced that Christopher Davis, currently a senior adviser to the energy secretary, will succeed Tarak Shah as chief of staff. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said that Davis has been advising her since she took office and has demonstrated his drive to solve the climate crisis. Davis served throughout the […]
The Department of Defense’s forthcoming fiscal 2023 budget request will include a funding mechanism for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, according to the Joint Staff official in charge of the effort. Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall said the funding will enable the acquisition of foundational technologies needed to make JADC2 happen, FedScoop reported. JADC2 […]
Artificial intelligence developers should look at more factors when rooting out potential bias in their algorithms, according to a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Reva Schwartz, the principal investigator for AI bias at NIST and one of the report’s authors, said developers should not only focus on bias in machine learning […]
