California-based cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has received Department of Defense Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization for Prisma Access. Palo Alto’s platform is a collection of security service edge applications intended for DOD agencies that rely on the cloud. According to the company website, Prisma Access’ capabilities include zero-trust network access, gateway protections and firewall-as-a-service. […]
Project management software provider Kahua has renewed its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program status after an annual audit. The certification is meant to indicate to government agencies that Kahua’s offerings provide enhanced security and monitoring capabilities. FedRAMP is a government standard for cloud cybersecurity and risk assessment. It is meant to encourage federal agencies […]
The Department of the Air Force can now use Omni Federal’s User Experience Monitoring to support the development and management of digital applications and services. Omni Federal created UEM in partnership with Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation to provide senior leaders with the ability to monitor the usability ratings and performance indicators of their […]
The Department of Defense’s chief information officer approved the DOD Software Modernization Implementation Plan on March 30. The plan is designed to help the Pentagon deliver resilient software capabilities when needed. It is the follow-on call to action for implementing the goals of the DOD Software Modernization Strategy, which the deputy secretary of defense approved […]
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based contact center solutions provider T-Metrics has obtained authorization to operate from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, an organization tasked with ensuring that cloud applications used by the government follow security standards. CEO Arthur Pravato highlighted T-Metrics’ status as one of a few providers in the omnichannel segment that have […]
Rear Adm. Stephen Donald, deputy commander of the U.S. Navy’s 10th Fleet, has asked the industry to identify ways to provide the service with a virtual cloud that can work online and offline. At the recent Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference, Donald said the cloud should enable offline capabilities, allow seamless reconnection and serve as an […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded SparkCognition Government Systems a multi-year, $4.2 million contract for artificial intelligence-enabled aircraft support services. SGS will continue providing its Digital Maintenance Advisor solution to support the Air Force’s F-16 fleet. DMA will be applied to additional maintenance, supply and logistics use cases and will support full-spectrum readiness solutions […]
The National Background Investigation Services, the federal government’s one-stop-shop IT system for end-to-end personnel vetting, is planning to award a software asset management contract to an unnamed Native Hawaiian small business. The plan was unveiled in a notice posted on SAM.gov after a new consolidated acquisition method for NBIS was approved in March. According to […]
The Department of the Treasury’s internal watchdog found several faults in the Internal Revenue Service‘s cloud security practices relating to Enterprise Case Management, an Amazon Web Services-hosted platform intended to replace legacy systems for processing tax audit information. In a March 27 report, the inspector general noted that the IRS failed to meet certain action […]
The Department of Energy’s inspector general said the agency is not authorizing and monitoring its cloud computing services properly. According to an IG report, some cloud services used by the DOE, its national laboratories and the National Nuclear Security Administration were onboarded without proper checks for determinations, unmanaged accounts and continuous monitoring. The IG noted […]
