Some industry experts said the introduction of draft guidance to implement the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy seeks to reflect the move to separate the Department of Homeland Security’s EINSTEIN cybersecurity program from the TIC initiative, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. “TIC 3.0 isn’t here to kill EINSTEIN, but decouple it from TIC. I think some form of EINSTEIN will still need to exist," said Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and corporate compliance at Zscaler.
Read More »Microsoft’s Susie Adams: Deep Learning Can Provide “Human-Level Performance” for Agency Operations
Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal arm, has said that algorithm-driven deep learning technology can be used in a range of government activities such as predictive maintenance and fraud detection, FedTech reported Wednesday.
Read More »Susie Adams: Microsoft Provides Tech Support for VA Healthcare Access Tool
Microsoft has provided its government cloud platform and database technology to the Department of Veterans Affairs in an effort to help VA launch a web-based tool for military veterans and family members to access their healthcare data electronically. Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal business, said Thursday VA’s Access to Care …
Read More »Microsoft’s Susie Adams Advises Agencies to Use Proposed Federal IT Fund on Cloud Transition Analysis
Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft’s federal business, has urged agencies to use the White House’s proposed $3.1 billion information technology modernization fund for cloud transition analysis efforts, Nextgov reported Friday. Mohana Ravindranath writes Adams advised government agencies to develop a multiyear plan and use the proposed budget to …
Read More »Microsoft’s Susie Adams: Federal Agencies Should Factor IoT in Mobile Device Security Strategies
Federal agencies should include concepts and changes in technology surrounding the Internet of Things as they work to secure mobile devices inside their networks, Microsoft‘s Susie Adams told MeriTalk in an interview published Monday. Adams, federal chief technology officer for the software giant, said the mindset of federal agencies should be …
Read More »Microsoft Eyes Govt Cloud Security Authorization for High Impact Baseline, Levels 4 & 5
Microsoft will participate in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program pilot for the high-impact baseline in efforts to receive a Provisional Authorization to Operate to support high-impact government data in the cloud. Microsoft Azure Government aims to obtain the FedRAMP High P-ATO from the federal Joint Advisory Board by the end of …
Read More »Terry Halvorsen Orders Microsoft Windows 10 Updates on 4M DoD Seats
Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer of the Defense Department, has committed 4 million seats in the department’s efforts to upgrade its information systems and devices to the Microsoft-built Windows 10 operating system. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Windows and devices group at Microsoft, writes in a blog entry posted Wednesday that the …
Read More »Microsoft’s Susie Adams: Data Governance Critical for Federal BYOD Programs
Susie Adams, chief technology officer of Microsoft‘s federal government business, has recommended that agencies implement user-focused security policies to manage personal devices in the workplace, GCN reported Friday. “It’s about governance first,” Adams told GCN in an interview. “Maintaining control over employee access to data regardless of the device becomes …
Read More »Susie Adams: Microsoft Aims to Create Gov’t, Commercial Cloud ‘Equivalence’
Microsoft is working with federal customers to explore how the Azure platform could work in a government-only cloud computing environment, GCN reported Wednesday. John Moore writes Microsoft has launched a series of private previews of its Azure U.S. Government Cloud and is slated to roll out the service this year. …
Read More »Executive Profile: Susie Adams, Microsoft Federal CTO
Susie Adams serves as chief technology officer for Microsoft’s federal government business where she oversees and implements the technical strategy for Microsoft’s Defense Department, civilian and Intelligence Community businesses. Adams joined Microsoft federal sales in 1999 and has held several leadership positions as the director of the Reston Microsoft Technology Center and most …
Read More »Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Platform Gains FedRAMP Board OK; Susie Adams Comments
Microsoft has secured approval from a federal government body to offer Windows Azure for agencies to build and manage applications in a cloud computing infrastructure. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board gave Windows Azure a provisional authority-to-operate certificate under the government-wide FedRAMP program, Microsoft said Monday. Susie Adams, chief technology officer …
Read More »Susie Adams of Microsoft on Future of the Cloud
In Microsoft Federal CTO Susie Adams‘ opinion, the transition to cloud computing is a gradual process that begins with small steps. “We encourage agencies to take baby steps and really do a cost benefit analysis,” she said, adding, “In some instances, it may not be a wise business decision to …
Read More »ExecutiveBiz’s Annual Roundup: CTOs in Government and Industry — What’s ahead
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 …
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