This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. The tool piloted during the recent tax season helped certain taxpayers file online with the government for free.
USPS doesn’t know if it has enough law enforcement protecting mail and employees
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. Postal inspectors and police are responding to more criminal activity and management should better determine needs, GAO says.
FISMA: Why it’s no longer just a checkbox for federal enterprise cybersecurity compliance
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. Water and wastewater facilities are easy targets for state-sponsored cyberattacks, presenting an unacceptable risk to the health and welfare of the American public. Securing the digital systems critical to safe drinking water and wastewater management requires a federal regulator and operational collaboration from (more…)
Watchdog calls out EPA for continued cybersecurity concerns
This post first appeared on Next Gov. Read the original article. The EPA has still not implemented GAO’s 2019 recommendation to develop a process for conducting an organization-wide cybersecurity risk assessment.
Three AppSec questions you must ask in consolidation
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. In an era of security teams and developers wanting to squeeze the value out of every dollar, we have noticed many companies switching to consolidated application security (AppSec) approaches. Beyond defining what consolidation in AppSec truly means, the discussion of panic buying, DevSecTrust, (more…)
Agencies accelerate efforts to ‘clean up’ insecure internet routing
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. The Office of the National Cyber Director is working with agencies to accelerate efforts to “clean up” insecure internet routing techniques that can lead to cybersecurity risks. White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker expects that more than half of all advertised federal (more…)
Emerging Technologies in Defense Intelligence: Balancing Innovation and Integration
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, May 23, 2024 Michael J. Keegan Insights from Ramesh Menon, CTO and CAIO – U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a critical and strategic capability for defense organizations around the world, offering immense benefits such as improved efficiency, (more…)
Bridging the Gap: Unlocking the AI Decision Advantage for Defense
This post first appeared on IBM Business of Government. Read the original article. Thursday, May 23, 2024 Dan Chenok As defense organizations continue to invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a critical challenge remains: how to close the gap between AI development and deployment. Blog Co-Author: David Zaharchuk, Research Director, Thought Leadership, IBM Institute for Business (more…)
Virus Field Research: Policy Options to Help Reduce Risks and Enhance Benefits
This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found Virus field research shows benefits in responding to outbreaks and some predictive ability. However, identifying specific preventative benefits of such research is challenging in part because determining the impact of the research on prevention outcomes is difficult to establish with certainty. (more…)
The browser-shaped hole in ZTNA
This post first appeared on Federal News Network. Read the original article. As webapps and other powerful websites become more fundamental to corporate and personal productivity, they need access to increasing amounts of data and privileges in both systems and endpoints. This poses a fundamental challenge in applying the principle of least privilege in zero (more…)