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Coast Guard’s training strategy evolves with help from IT upgrades Dec 04, 2020

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Commerce’s ITA has a head start on its digital transformation journey Nov 13, 2020

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Rona Bunn, the acting chief information officer at the International Trade Administration in the Commerce Department, said the launch of a new website is part of how the agency is making interaction with its customers integrated and seamless.

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Defense Innovation Unit out to prove AI, automation can keep up with the speed of cyber Oct 30, 2020

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The Defense Department is running out of fingers to plug up the ever-increasing amount of cyber threats it faces to its dam. But hiring more people, with more fingers, to block the holes is not the answer either. Jeff Kleck, the director of the cyber portfolio for the Defense Innovation Unit at the Defense Department, said DIU is testing artificial intelligence to keep up with the velocity, volume and veracity of cyber threats. He shared more details on Ask the CIO with Federal New Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.

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Energy’s Oak Ridge Lab adapting cybersecurity for this new boundaryless environment Oct 27, 2020

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The security operations center (SOC) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory thought it knew the online patterns and actions of most of its scientists and employees. Then the pandemic hit and everything was thrown into a tizzy. Kevin Kerr, the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory chief information security officer, said the SOC adjusted in the short term but it needs to be more nimble and agile as the future of computing continues to change. Meanwhile Bill Rucker, the president of Trustwave Government Solutions, said agency security operations centers have been on an evolutionary path for the last several years. Hear more on Ask the CIO with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.

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Cloud based internet isolation initiatives to give DoD new kind of cyber protections Oct 16, 2020

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The Defense Information Systems Agency moved its cloud based internet isolation program into production after testing it out for the last year under a $199 million Other Transaction Agreement. Steve Wallace, the systems innovation scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the cloud based internet isolation program could be the game changer many have been waiting for in cybersecurity. Sherri Sokol, the program manager of the CBII program, said the technology demonstrated its value earlier this year when cyber experts warned of a zero day vulnerability in the browser. Hear more on this week's Ask the CIO with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.

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NIST ready to test approach to make FedRAMP faster, less burdensome Oct 08, 2020

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is partnering with the Federal Risk Authorization Management Program or FedRAMP to remove some of the arduous parts of the cloud security certification process. Through the development of a common machine-readable language known as the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL), NIST is bringing automation to the program. David Waltermire, the technical lead for OSCAL at NIST, and Milica Green, a compliance subject matter expert with Telos Corporation, spoke to Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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How ODNI is building trust through IT standards, enterprisewide capabilities Oct 01, 2020

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Cynthia Mendoza, the intelligence community’s chief architect, said the reference architecture framework is defining consistent, repeatable approaches to ensure security and interoperability among enterprise IT capabilities.

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Two Air Force bases given go-ahead to expand network-as-a-service Sep 17, 2020

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The Air Force’s initiative to modernize its network didn’t miss a beat over the last few months despite the pandemic and other related challenges. In fact, the Air Force expanded its test of network-as-a-service to move into the early stages of reaching full capacity, Maj. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, the Air Force’s assistant deputy chief information officer for digital transformation, said the service is opening up the technology and culture change throttles under the Enterprise IT as a service (EITaaS) initiative. He spoke more with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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Innovation is more than a buzzword at one Navy center Sep 11, 2020

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Innovation doesn’t just happen at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division - it’s something that people like Judy Conley and Jessica McElman promote, encourage and demonstrate. Conley, the science and technology coordinator for platform integrity, and McElman, the division head for underwater electromagnetic signatures and technology division, are both finalists for the Women in Technology leadership awards, which will hold their 21st annual, virtual, award ceremony on Oct. 29. Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller spoke to them on Ask the CIO.

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