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Facility in Georgia Hopes to Foster Creativity, Innovation in Cybersecurity

10/01/2021
The Georgia Cyber Center, 2 Hours Outside of Atlanta, is improving the way the military designs and develops new technology. A two-building campus in Georgia with aspirations to make the surrounding area the “Silicon Valley of the South,” is the ... Read More

US Cyber Command Moving to Joint Common Access Program

09/09/2021
Cybersecurity in the Federal Government: Offensive missions will be conducted via unified platform across the US Cyber Command by 2024. The US Cyber Command is a component of the Department of Defense. It includes three teams each from several military ... Read More

Vulnerability Disclosure Programs and GSA Set to Transition from DUNS

08/12/2021
Cybersecurity News Update: How VDPs are helping to protect agency websites, plus the GSA is phasing out a 50-year-old ID system New Policy Can Protect Government Websites In September of last year, a new cybersecurity policy was put in place ... Read More
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Cybersecurity in the Federal Government: Proposed Legislation and More

07/13/2021
Two bipartisan bills were introduced this past spring to help bolster the government’s cyber needs. Also, a CIO at the DoD gets disciplined for leaking information, and the MDA’s approach to cybersecurity testing.  Federal Retirement Webinars Scholarships for Service At ... Read More
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Defense Contracts for Augmented Reality, Night Vision, and Cloud Computing

06/10/2021
The Pentagon recently indicated it is not abandoning the JEDI contract with Microsoft despite prolonged legal delays- plus other defense contracts for AR and Night Vision Goggles. Complimentary Webinars The JEDI Contract The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (or JEDI) cloud ... Read More

Air Force Chief of Staff Releases Memo to Revamp Cyber Training

04/07/2021
General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. released a memorandum containing recommendations to improve the US Air Force’s cybersecurity. No-Cost Webinars for Federal Employees The 2019-2020 SolarWinds hack that infiltrated several organizations and businesses throughout the United States, including a handful of ... Read More

“Skill Gaps” Listed by GAO as High Risk Issue in Federal Government

03/30/2021
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its 2021 High-Risk List, which notes “Skill Gaps” and “Workforce Shortages” are tied to over 20 other high-risk items listed. At the beginning of the month, the GAO published the 2021 High-Risk List that ... Read More

Cyber Personnel Transition from Air Force to Space Force

03/08/2021
Nicknamed “cyber-warriors,” US Air Force cybersecurity team switches to the newest military branch, the Space Force. Webinars for Feds The US Air Force has recently become a leader and model for how to conduct cybersecurity operations within the government. A ... Read More

White House’s Cybersecurity Response to Russian Hack

02/22/2021
2020 Cybersecurity breach of Federal Agencies causes Biden Administration to focus heavily on cyber-threats. SolarWinds is a US government contractor that supplies I.T. software to several federal agencies. In the spring of 2020, while the globe was attacked with a ... Read More

At CBP, A Move to Replace Dogs with Data Appears to Hit Speed Bump

10/12/2020
USPS and CBP haven’t implemented a law that would target International Opioids, the law relies on data instead of canines, but the data is ‘unreliable’ In 2018, Congress passed the Synthetic Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, which mandated that ... Read More