As President Obama announced his plan to secure government information systems, sides are being drawn among those who feel there should be a strong presence in the White House to guide cybersecurity policy and those who think such a post is unwarranted.
Cloud computing is among the hottest topics in the federal government, with its efficiencies promising to save agencies - and eventually taxpayers - money. Despite its attractiveness, few agencies have implemented any type of cloud computing initiative, mostly because of IT security concerns.
Cloud computing is a nebulous concept. It means one thing to one person and something else to another.
A team of computer scientists at the National Association of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a working albeit long definition of cloud computing: "a pay-per-use model for enabling available,...
Defending against attacks on federal IT systems along with making them more efficient are behind the increased spending for fiscal 2010, which begins Oct. 1.
Look down, not up, to see where cyberspace needs to be defended.
"Cyberspace is on the bottom of the ocean," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead told a forum last week sponsored by the Washington think tank, the Center for International and Strategic Studies, according to a Defense News report, noting a...
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