Republican Rep. John Katko has introduced legislation designed to enhance national cybersecurity, with a focus on the Department of Homeland Security. Katko proposed three bills that would help improve leadership at DHS' cybersecurity-focused branch, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, The Hill reported Monday. "The time for our nation to take cybersecurity seriously is far overdue," […]
Citadel Defense announced it has released a new artificial intelligence software for securely networking multiple Titan systems and autonomously protecting against 98 percent of commercial off-the-shelf drones. Company CEO Christopher Williams said Citadel's offering can cost-effectively handle threats across all modalities of operation for the benefit of troops, the company announced Tuesday. “We are not […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its new data and cloud strategies, which are part of the agency's broader science and technology strategy. Acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said keeping up with the needs of the agency's stakeholders requires both collaboration and partnerships on data and services, Nextgov reported. “Creative partnerships with commercial […]
An amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act aims to establish a new Office of Joint Cyber Planning that would promote cybersecurity partnership between the government and private sector to defend against adversarial cyber attacks, particularly from Russia and China. The office, as proposed, would be at the forefront of government-wide and public-private planning and […]
The Internal Revenue Service has tapped the services of Pegasystems for the tax agency’s modernization efforts to bring down costs and speed up transactions. The agency will integrate the company’s cloud-based applications, Pega Government Platform and Pega Customer Service, with the latest Enterprise Case Management system in a bid to improve the organization’s collection efficiency, the company […]
The Defense Innovation Unit has issued an Other Transaction Authority award to Respond Software for the development of an intelligence decision automation platform prototype for cybersecurity operations. The iDAP prototype is expected to help the Air Force reinforce its defensive cyber-operations with the addition of advanced, automated decision-making capabilities aimed at countering persistent threats to […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has issued a broad agency announcement seeking intelligence solutions from researchers and academics. NGA is looking for solutions that will help it deliver geospatial intelligence to warfighters, policymakers and the Intelligence Community, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. “The release of this BAA will help accelerate our research endeavors and provide NGA with the ability […]
Cybersecurity services provider Northcross Group has launched a free online questionnaire that would help defense contractors determine how they stack up against the requirements outlined in the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. The questionnaire gives defense vendors a walkthrough of the CMMC practices and processes to give them an idea of their potential […]
Arvind Krishna, chief executive officer of IBM, considers hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence as the two driving forces behind rapid digital transformations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at IBM’s Think Gov digital event, Krishna noted that the rate at which hybrid cloud and AI are being adopted has increased, as organizations aim to speed […]
Government agencies have been relying on information technology modernization and cloud services to ensure that their workforces are able to fulfill their respective missions, federal officials said during an Advanced Technology Academic Research Center webinar. “SBA has been really, really maximizing our usage of technology in the cloud in order to keep our team up […]
