Cybersecurity

The federal Chief Information Officers Council, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, will soon publish a concept of operations to implement continuous monitoring in the federal government, Deputy U.S. CIO Lisa Schlosser told Management of Change conference attendees.

Federal and industry cybersecurity experts testified before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday, offering diverging opinions on what steps the government should take to ensure protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Amazon Web Services became the first vendor to receive agency authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program when the Health and Human Services Department granted the company two ATOs.

The civil liberties-protecting, multistakeholder approach to Internet governance and Internet Protocol version 6 took the spotlight recently at a high-level diplomatic conference, thanks in part to a senior official at the State Department.

In an effort to make the nation’s cybersecurity posture more resilient, the General Services Administration has reached out to a multitude of stakeholders for their input.

TechAmerica’s Matthew Kazmierczak discusses the recently released Cyberstates report that breaks down the technology workforce in each of the nation’s 50 states.

A cabinet-level CISO talks about creating a federal security officers council, and audio from Gen. Keith Alexander’s speech last week before the NVTC.

A new report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center shows an 8.3 percent increase in unverified losses from fraudulent online activity since 2011.

If you are currently seeking employment, the tech industry may be your best bet for finding a job — and a high-paying one to boot.

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Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request, it is now possible to browse the Internet as the National Security Agency would — or rather, the way it did back in 2007.

Roundup of the top 5 must-reads from the past week.

Gen. Keith Alexander reiterated his view that the federal government’s network architecture is not defensible against cyber-attacks, but added it can be if rebuilt using the latest cloud-computing technologies.

While media and private sector groups have discussed China’s cyberwar against the U.S. openly for some time now, government has been weary of making official accusations – until now.

Tim Ruland, chief information security officer at the Census Bureau, joins the show to discuss what current cybersecurity projects the agency is currently working on and how it goes about protecting citizens’ data.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

The U.S. is losing a critical battle against some of the most elusive criminals to date. Remember Bonnie and Clyde? They were nothing compared to the cyber criminals looting U.S. financial institutions today.

FedScoop’s 4th Annual Tech Shoot-Out, held May 7, 2013, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., brought together government and industry IT leaders to “shoot it out” over the biggest questions related to federal cloud computing, cybersecurity and big data.

Roundup of the top 5 must-reads from the past week.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is about to host its second of four workshops with the private sector in creating the cybersecurity framework outlined in President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order.