The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced its strategy for procuring digital transformation support services. According to a CISA notice posted on SAM.gov, the DTSS requirement will be set aside for 100 percent women-owned small businesses. The agency plans to hold a virtual conference on March 23 to discuss the updated acquisition strategy and […]
The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has devised an artificial intelligence system meant to spot defects in metal parts produced with additive manufacturing. Scientists from Argonne and the University of Virginia recently published a paper detailing how machine learning and imaging can be used to detect and predict pore formation in laser powder bed […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has yet to address lapses that prevented it to respond to the SolarWinds hack. According to the OIG’s report, CISA does not have backup communications systems, employees and other resources to respond to SolarWinds-like threats. The OIG also […]
The Department of the Treasury has named Nancy Sieger as chief technology officer. She is currently the chief information officer of the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury Department component, where she is responsible for all of the agency’s information technology systems. Sieger will be replaced in an acting capacity by Jeff King, the current Treasury […]
Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow the Department of Commerce to ban technologies considered dangerous to U.S. national security. Under the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, the secretary of commerce would be required to develop an evaluation process to determine […]
L3Harris Technologies will develop a multiband, multimission digital beamforming phased array antenna system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to speed up the transmission of satellite data and prepare for an expected increase in data volume. The company will build and evaluate the antenna system under a cooperative research and development agreement with NOAA. […]
The Office of the Inspector General within the General Services Administration has conducted an investigation into the Login.gov identity authentication platform and found that the GSA misrepresented the digital identity service to make it appear that Login .gov employs a higher privacy protection level. Other government agencies use Login .gov under contracts with the GSA […]
NASA has partnered with the Department of Energy to develop an instrument that would study the moon’s radio environment and what scientists refer to as the cosmic dark age. The Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night pathfinder will be placed on the dark side of the moon via the Commercial Lunar Payload Service and use its antennas […]
The Environmental Protection Agency will provide drinking water filtration operators with resources to assess the cyber posture of the water purification systems and better protect underlying hardware and software from cyberattacks. According to a new EPA memorandum, the agency is requiring states to periodically evaluate the digital networks of the systems as part of an […]
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued a warning against the Royal ransomware that may pose a threat to organizations. According to a joint cybersecurity advisory, the Royal ransomware has been used in several high-profile incidents that impacted hospitals, health care, communications, education and manufacturing organizations within and outside the United […]
