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WEBEPA Has Hybrid Work Down to an Environmental Science. FedTech explores technology issues and successes that federal IT leaders and managers face when they’re evaluating and implementing a solution.
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
WEBA key benefit of a cATO is continuous monitoring of security system controls within IT systems. To achieve a cATO, officials will need to show that they have real-time or near-real-time cybersecurity countermeasures they can deploy, as well as a secure software supply chain. “Within the Army, continuous monitoring using a cATO helps us make ...
Review: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
WEBIt’s been two years since the last revamp. Dell clearly designed the new OptiPlex 7050 series to capitalize on its past successes. Even though the desktop has a compact form factor — measuring 11.5 inches tall in its mini-tower configuration — it’s packed with one of the fastest Intel quad-core processors: an i7 running at 3.6 gigahertz.
Computing Power of Apollo 11 & The Tech Behind It
WEBFifty years ago this week, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the surface of the moon at the culmination of the Apollo 11 mission, and human beings first set foot on the planet’s only natural satellite. The technological feat that enabled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to bounce around the Sea of Tranquility was the ...
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
WEBThe CSfC program, which got off the ground in 2016, certifies commercial network solutions that agencies can use to create secure, encrypted networks. The program is designed to enable commercial products for use in layered solutions protecting classified National Security Systems (NSS) data. The goal, the NSA says, is to give agencies “the ...
The Future of Data Encryption: What You Need to Know Now
WEBThe federal government has always needed to prevent classified information from being disclosed. But as cyberattacks become more sophisticated and prevalent, the stakes are only getting higher.. One way that organizations can protect data is through encryption, which applies algorithms to scramble data so that it’s readable only by someone who holds the key to decrypt it.
How IBM 7094 Gave NASA Computing Superiority in the 1960s
WEBThe IBM 7094 was the successor to the IBM 7090 mainframe. “Compatible with the IBM 7090, the advanced solid-state IBM 7094 offered substantial increases in internal operating speeds and functional capacities to match growing scientific workloads in the 1960s,” IBM notes. “The powerful IBM 7094 had 1.4 to 2.4 times the internal processing ...
SAML vs. OAuth: What is Federated Identity Management?
WEBIn April 2018, the Office of Management and Budget issued a draft memo on updating federal identity credential and access management policy. More than a year later, on May 21, OMB issued the final policy.The updated policy focuses on how the government can enable more digital interactions with citizens while protecting their privacy and security.
How Platform One (P1) from the Air Force Supports DevSecOps
WEBThe Air Force ’s Platform One, for example, is the first DOD -approved DevSecOps managed service, providing a secure centralized software development and delivery platform, a suite of tools and training. A modern cloud-era platform, P1 provides valuable tooling, supports DevSecOps pipelines and offers …
DoDIIS 2021: DIA Looks to Modernize the Government’s Top …
WEBThe Defense Intelligence Agency is undertaking a wide-ranging, five-year plan to modernize the federal government’s network for sharing and viewing top-secret intelligence. In an interview with FedTech at the 2021 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in Phoenix, DIA CIO Doug Cossa notes that the government use of the network, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), has evolved ...