The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit recently learned how a secure approach to using commercial cloud services could work outside of the agency’s traditional methodology. Rick Simon, program manager for the Secure Cloud Management project, said three prototypes out of the 29 respondents to the office’s request for white papers yielded promising solutions to the Department […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted MicroStrategy’s government cloud platform an “In Process” designation. FedRAMP is a government-wide program launched in 2011 that standardizes the security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud-based products and services to ensure all federal data is secure in cloud environments. The “In Process” status means a […]
The U.S. Army wants to build a unified cloud environment as a key piece of its new Army Digital Transformation Strategy, aimed at centralizing its computer systems, data standards, cloud capabilities and cybersecurity procedures. To achieve this objective, the Army’s leadership has realized that they have to turn to non-traditional procurement paths, the service’s chief […]
The U.S. Army said it plans to use a digital engineering approach to develop the service’s next-generation optionally manned fighting vehicle and other future ground combat vehicles. The anticipated OMFV will replace the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Col. James Schirmer, project manager for the Army’s armored fighting vehicles, said during the annual AUSA conference that […]
The U.S. Army is set to field the Cyber Situational Understanding tool, which works to give commanders a picture of a digital battlespace. The offering underwent an operational test last summer. According to Lt. Col. Scott Shaffer, product lead for mission command cyber at Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical, the solution would be deployed […]
Multinational consulting firm Deloitte announced an expansion of its collaboration with software company ServiceNow, to offer a new version of the IT operations platform, OperateEdge. The new product, called OperateEdge powered by ServiceNow, combines the partners’ capabilities, including IT service and operations management, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The pooling of strengths is touted to […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has tapped RevaComm, a small business headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, to deploy a platform-as-a-service DevSecOps solution to facilitate the development, testing and delivery of secure software applications across the agency. Work will be performed under the terms of a $390 million Phase III Small Business Innovation Research indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […]
The National Cancer Institute has turned to the cloud to facilitate the dissemination of valuable research data to scientists in search of better treatments for the disease. Jeff Shilling, the NCI’s chief information officer, called the cloud a “great enabler,” saying that it will allow medical researchers to access the work of others and share […]
Tenable, a network security company, announced that its cloud-based vulnerability management platform has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization. FedRAMP is a program created to standardize the government’s approach to security assessment authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud-based services. The program helps government agencies cost-effectively transition away from legacy information technology to secure […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced that Karagozian & Case, a California-based small enterprise, recently received a $1 million grant to develop advanced software that enables security professionals to assess threats and identify soft targets in crowded environments. The Small Business Innovation Research award will complement the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency‘s efforts to address […]
