The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has outlined its technology focus areas for 2020 and announced plans to release an agency-wide technology strategy soon. NGA leaders divided the agency's technology needs into five areas: advanced analytics and modeling, data management, modern software engineering, artificial intelligence and future of work, MeriTalk reported Thursday. “The tech focus areas aren’t […]
Four Republican senators are seeking to introduce the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act in an effort to uphold consumer data privacy amid the coronavirus pandemic. One of the proponents of the bill, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., acknowledged that while the use of data is instrumental in containing the virus and limiting future outbreaks, efforts must […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification office and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Management Office are working to allow reciprocity between the two certifications, according to a DOD official. Katie Arrington, lead of the CMMC program and a Wash100 awardee, said the FedRAMP office has reached out to her office. “You, as a taxpayer, paid for […]
ECS, a Virginia-based information technology service management company, has delivered the first version of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation dashboard to the CDM program’s systems integrators. Joanna Dempsey, director of cyber solutions at ECS, confirmed the delivery of the minimum viable product dashboard at a MeriTalk webinar, where she also announced […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency is preparing workers and defense technologies to help the Department of Defense fully embrace artificial intelligence technology, according to a DIA official. Terry Busch, the DIA's division chief of integrated analysis and methodologies within the directorate for analysis, said his agency developed the Machine-Assisted Analytic Repository System for an Agile approach […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has tapped Maxar Technologies for land cover classification and change detection services through a combination of the Janus Geography program and the General Services Administration’s IT Schedule 70. Under the terms of contracts with a consolidated value of $20M, Maxar will leverage its change detection model to produce updates and enhancements, […]
The Department of Defense has adopted NowSecure's automated compliance testing software into its mobile applications across the military. NowSecure, a mobile app security and privacy software company, developed the National Information Assurance Partnership Mobile App Vetting Solution to help the Pentagon rapidly test for NIAP compliance. "Mobile has been a particularly challenging spot because when […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has begun crafting new interface standards to ensure that the data gathered by its spy satellites, including signals and geospatial intelligence, can be fed directly to the Joint All-Domain Command and Control System. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute-hosted webinar, NRO Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein said the collaboration with the […]
A group of representatives has proposed the USA Telecommunications Act, a bill aimed at funding 5G wireless technologies to combat national security threats posed by Chinese telecom groups. Specifically, the bill will provide $750M in funds to a grant program under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in support of nationwide 5G network deployment and use. […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office are hustling to expand and mature their approaches to cybersecurity. Chris Brown, the NGA's deputy chief information security officer, said the agency wants to "catch up quickly" in adopting supply chain risk management processes and tools. He said that while the budget is not large, the Intelligence […]
