The National Institutes of Standards and Technology has developed the Initiative for Cybersecurity Education workforce framework, which details how federal agencies should divide cybersecurity roles. NICE Director Rodney Peterson said the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for the government to audit the cyber skills of its employees and identify gaps that remote learning can solve. He said […]
The Air Force has assured that its supply chain for emerging technologies has not been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in March, the department awarded nearly $1B in funding to startup tech companies through the Small Business Innovation Research program. Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition chief and a three-time Wash100 winner, said acquisition […]
Phosphorus, an automated vulnerability management solutions company, has secured a U.S. Air Force AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research 20.1 Phase 1 contract. Under this contract, the Air Force information technology team will evaluate the potential of Phosphorus' solution automated IoT device discovery, enrollment, vulnerability patching and password management to enhance its IT security posture. The […]
The Global Command and Control System-Joint, which provides key information to military leaders, has just half of its required security controls at seven sites, according to a report from the Department of Defense Inspector General. Physical access control and account management are among the eight controls not implemented out of the 17 required. The information technology system […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the NISTIR 8170 guidance, which details eight ways to help federal agencies leverage the NIST cybersecurity framework to deal with common cyber problems. The guidance advises federal agencies to integrate enterprise and cybersecurity management, manage cybersecurity requirements, and integrate and align cybersecurity and acquisition processes. In […]
The Department of Defense has announced the test of its new hypersonic glide body technology, one of the Pentagon's top research priorities. National Defense Magazine expects the weapon system to give the United States a quick-strike edge over Russia and China. DoD explained that hypersonic weapons can travel five times faster than sound and can […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a 5G spectrum sharing test bed that will measure the operational reliability of 5G, Wi-Fi, global positioning system and military radars without any interference from each other. The project, along with NIST’s other 5G connectivity measuring tools, will provide new spectrum sharing data, which the industry […]
The Government Accountability Office has identified five challenges in the deployment and development of 5G across the federal government. In a report, GAO highlighted the following areas: spectrum management, infrastructure deployment, cybersecurity, digital divide and privacy. The agency defined 5G as a technology that boosts data speeds and transforms sectors such as transportation, manufacturing and […]
NCI Information Systems has launched the NCI Empower platform to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption in the public sector. NCI Empower is an open-architecture platform where customers can implement, on‑prem or in the cloud. It aims to empower teams to build, deploy and share their AI solutions by providing secure, containerized access to the lowest levels […]
Cofense has announced that its phishing security education training platform, called Cofense PhishMe, has been given the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program In Process designation. Cofense PhishMe enables employees to counter phishing attacks by putting them under training and ongoing simulations, as well as by providing a reporting tool that promotes swift anti-phishing detection […]
