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Microsoft Execs on How Industry Can Help Agencies Implement Cybersecurity EO

Top technology executives from Microsoft‘s federal arm have outlined how the industry can help government agencies realize President Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity, Federal News Network reported Friday. Steve Faehl, chief technology officer of security at Microsoft Federal, said the government has many areas of improvement essential to achieving modernized cybersecurity. These areas include […] More

by Nichols Martin August 23, 2021, 11:34 am
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith: US Needs ‘Robust Menu’ of Responses to Cyber Attacks

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the U.S. needs to improve its cyber defenses and come up with a “robust menu“ of responses to cyber attacks like the SolarWinds breach, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “We need to strengthen the nation“™s digital infrastructure and digital defenses, and that touches every part of the public sector, and every part of the private sector as well,“ Smith told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.

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by Jane Edwards February 24, 2021, 5:38 am
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Maximus’ Laura Klebanow: Momentum Builds for IT Modernization at Agencies
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EY Study: Disagreement Exists Between Companies, Policymakers on Future Direction of AI Governance

A new EY study has found significant differences in how companies and policymakers look at the future of ethics, regulation and governance of artificial intelligence platforms.

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by Jane Edwards July 28, 2020, 4:26 am
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HP Federal’s Todd Gustafson: Agencies Should Come Up With Cyber Plan, Address Talent Shortage

Todd Gustafson, president of HP's federal arm, wrote in an article published Tuesday on FedTech Magazine that there are three steps federal agencies should take to improve their cybersecurity posture as they pursue information technology modernization and the first is developing a comprehensive cybersecurity plan.

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by Jane Edwards June 10, 2020, 3:15 am
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Meagan Metzger on How DoD Can Identify Right Commercial Tech to Meet Critical Needs

Meagan Metzger, founder and CEO of Dcode and an advisory board member at Booz Allen Hamilton, wrote in a commentary published Thursday on Defense News that the Department of Defense and other federal agencies seeking to rapidly deploy commercial technology platforms should collaborate with private sector partners with experience screening tech companies for government contracts.

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by Jane Edwards May 15, 2020, 6:20 am
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Nutanix’s Chris Howard on Cloud Deployment Learnings Agencies Should Take From Private Sector

Chris Howard, vice president of U.S. public sector at Nutanix, wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Monday that there are three things federal information technology leaders should learn from private sector organizations when it comes to cloud adoption and one is that they should not view cloud as a “one size fits all“ solution.

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by Jane Edwards February 4, 2020, 4:01 am
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Matt Desch on Iridium NEXT, Partnership With SpaceX

Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications and a 2019 Wash100 award recipient, told Bloomberg in an audio interview posted Tuesday about the company's use of SpaceX-built rockets and the role of the private sector in space exploration. He said SpaceX and other launch service providers have helped drive down the cost for a lot of satellite suppliers.

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by Jane Edwards January 2, 2020, 3:52 am
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Tenable’s Jamie Brown: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Grid Security
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NCI's Paul Dillahay: AI Adoption Could Help Revolutionize Federal Workforce

Paul Dillahay, president and CEO of NCI Information Systems, wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday about the need for the federal government to push for the adoption of artificial intelligence in order to revolutionize the government workforce.

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by Jane Edwards July 23, 2019, 4:45 am
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Federal Gov't Needs Private Sector to Back Tech R&D Projects; GDIT's Yogesh Khanna Quoted

Industry and government executives said the federal government, which used to be a monolith when it comes to technology research and development, needs the support of the private sector in order to fund R&D work on new technologies amid tight budgets and other challenges, Federal Times reported Tuesday. Yogesh Khanna, chief technology officer at General Dynamics Information Technology, noted that even large companies do not have extensive financial resources to back massive R&D programs.

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by Jane Edwards April 24, 2019, 12:01 am
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Fortinet's Phil Quade: Addressing IT-Operational Tech Integration Key to Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Phil Quade, chief information security officer at Fortinet, told Federal News Radio's Ask the CIO program that aired Wednesday federal agency leaders seeking to cyber-secure operational technology used to power critical infrastructure should address the rising integration of OT with information technology driven by the prevalence of internet-connected devices. Quade said the government should work with […] More

by Jane Edwards June 14, 2018, 11:00 am