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CTIIC is challenging the assumption of cyber information sharing Jun 04, 2020

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Erin Joe, the director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), said the Cyber Threat Framework is creating a common lexicon for agencies to understand and discuss potential and real security threats and vulnerabilities.

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VA-led research effort shows how medical devices can have well-known seal of approval May 29, 2020

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When the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Food and Drug Administration wanted to add cyber rigor to medical devices they turned to a familiar name. VA and the FDA worked with the Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) to develop new standards and practical certification approaches for connected medical devices. Through a cooperative research and development agreement, the three organizations demonstrated that the use of the UL 2900 Series of standards, related product testing and certification gave the VA greater confidence and assurance of the medical devices. Hear more from VA's Gary Stevens and Paul Tibbits on this week's Ask the CIO with host Jason Miller, Federal News Network executive editor.

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VA, USDA getting smarter with data analytics May 22, 2020

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Dr. Gil Alterovitz, the director of the National Artificial Intelligence Institute at VA, said during a recent AFCEA Bethesda panel that the agency recent completed an AI tech sprint, which involves VA and private sector companies using agency data.

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Zero trust is the next logical step for SBA’s cyber evolution May 15, 2020

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For much of the past two years, the Small Business Administration has been on a mission to standardize and consolidate its cybersecurity tools and services. In many ways, SBA is modeling what the future of cybersecurity looks like for many agencies. Guy Cavallo, the deputy CIO at SBA, said the agency plans to continue to evolve its cybersecurity tools and strategy through the use of a zero trust framework. Hear his conversation with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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Federal CIO says new cyber shared services to help agencies make more informed choices May 08, 2020

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Nearly a year to the date of launching its new approach to shared services, the Office of Management and Budget moved the first offering from interim to permanent. This decision means this new approach to shared services also can finally move from theory to practice. Suzette Kent, the federal chief information officer, said the designation of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as a cybersecurity shared service center is an important milestone for the government for many reasons. Hear more on Ask the CIO, with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.

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Air Force finally in alignment across most major IT foundational elements May 04, 2020

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All the pieces of the Air Force’s digital modernization roadmap finally are in place. It’s been a two-year effort to arrange the money, the oversight and the governance that will make the strategy successful. Bill Marion, the outgoing deputy chief information officer of the Air Force, said this structure will make it easier for the next deputy CIO to pick up where he left off and accelerate the pace of transformation. He spoke more to Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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NGA, NRO managing cyber risk through more data-driven, collaborative approaches Apr 24, 2020

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Deputy chief information security officers at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office say they are in the middle of expanding and maturing their approaches to cybersecurity.

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Voice of America going ‘over the top’ with its new streaming service Apr 17, 2020

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Jim Tunnessen, VOA’s chief information officer and chief digital officer, said the Over the Top product will live in the cloud to ensure latency and performance issues don’t drag it down.

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Path for agencies to more easily use cloud services paved by TIC pilots Apr 10, 2020

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Sean Connelly, the Homeland Security Department’s TIC program manager, said new interim guidance letting remote workers connect to cloud services is heavily influenced by pilots that proved that flexibility and security don’t have to be opposite sides of the same coin.

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Air Force testing next generation help desk with 70K users as part of EITaaS Apr 06, 2020

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As the Air Force rolls out its proof of concept under the enterprise IT-as-a-service, one of the first pieces to go live is something as basic as a modernized help desk. It’s one of several efforts underway, including next generational networking and infrastructure, cloud services and data architecture, that will create this digital Air Force of the future. Bill Marion, the Air Force’s chief information officer, said the help desk initiative went live recently and it kicked off a busy 2020 for the enterprise IT-as-a-service initiative. Hear his conversation with Federal News Network's Jason Miller on Ask the CIO.

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