Mike Bradshaw, director of Google’s federal services, is excited about the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification for the company’s “Google Apps for Government” cloud computing services, which happened earlier this week. After meeting primary federal IT security measures, Google was certified for passing the security controls under FISMA and, now, a full suite [...]
For the U.S. government, the transition to cloud computing is a marathon, not a sprint. Agencies are taking baby-steps towards their adoption of the data storage service in the sky in order to ensure that full security measures are taken to protect the government from outside attackers. While it is predicted that the full transition [...]
What’s ahead on the technology front for government and industry? The answer depends on who you’re talking to. So when we set out to showcase our annual roundup of CTO perspectives, we went knocking on both sides of the aisle. From the ranks of some of the area’s government contracting firms, to the halls of [...]
