Federal CIOs say agencies and government contractors must become completely familiar with FedRAMP security controls and how they relate to each agency prior to the cloud computing service program's ...
White House Cyber Chief Lays Out New Priorities
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt has announced three priority areas where federal departments and agencies "need to focus their cybersecurity activity" --and a new set of cyber ...
Cyber Command's Alexander: Leading For Success On The Mobile Frontier
Gen. Keith B. Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief Central Security Service shares insights on leading for success in the mobile frontier and amid ...
GAO Report Finds Government Inefficiencies, Encourages Action
A GAO report to Congress has identified several areas where the government duplicates efforts, creating unnecessary costs and inefficiencies, but also reflects an improvement over last year.
The ...
Why Cloud Computing Will Drift In Under FedRAMP CONOPS
Not only has cybersecurity started to take shape legislatively, cloud computing security has started to take shape administratively in a meaningful way.
You won't find huge surprises in the grandly ...
Military Cyber Chief Details Top 5 US Cyber Command, NSA Priorities
Improving situational awareness, creating trained cyber teams and building a more defensible architecture are top priorities for NSA and US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), according to Col. John Surdu, ...
DISA To Open Mobile Mangement Program Office
The Defense Information Systems Agency has opened a program office to manage Defense Department mobile devices and the applications that run on them, according to David Bennett, DISA's acting ...
Lessons From Army's Weapon Systems Handbook - And Gall's Law
The 2012 Army Weapon Systems Handbook is available in a new, easier to access format.
I know, because Terry Edwards, Director of the Army's System of System's Engineering (SoSE), asked me to do it, ...
GSA To Accept First FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Applications
The General Services Administration will begin accepting applications Jan. 9, 2012, for the first group of companies to be chosen as Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAO) for the newly launched ...
Why FedRAMP Is Worth Caring About
If you have been at a recent Washington Capitals hockey game when the opponent scores a goal, you know the crowd routinely shouts out "Who cares!"
Last week, Steven VanRoekel, Federal CIO, released ...
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