By ChrisScott In January, the Navy finally started the installation phase of their long awaited Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) equipment onboard the USS Milius (DDG 69). This is the program that will consolidate multiple unique shipboard networks and hardware requirements to reduce security vulnerabilities, maintenance costs and to improve interoperability between systems.Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Lessons learned from US agents who operate in enemy territory have been captured for years and transformed into a code of conduct popularly known as “Moscow Rules.” These rules of human intelligence tradecraft exist for a reason. Real-world experience has proven their effectiveness when agents must operate in the presence of adversaries.Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Fixmo SharePlace Delivers Integrated Mobile Security and DLP for Microsoft SharePoint; Supports Mobile-Specific Access Control Policies TORONTO & STERLING, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fixmo, a leading provider of mobile security and risk management solutions, today announced the availability of Fixmo SharePlace, the first defense-grade data leakage prevention (DLP) solution enabling secure and compliant access toRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff Steven VanRoekel gave an excellent keynote on Wednesday at the FOSE conference. Mr VanRoekel is a former Microsoft executive who has been in the Federal Government since 2009. He outlined the steps that he is pushing as the Federal CIO to improve IT throughout the government. He highlighted the pervasiveness of mobileRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Friends at the Government Technology Research Alliance have an awards activity they call the GovTek Awards. They seek community input and then provide awards in categories designed to highlight contributions in many key federal IT disciplines. You can check out the 2012 winners here. It is time to vote for their 2013Read… Read more »
By Bob Gourley My friends (and former employers) at Northrop Grumman just announced they have signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designed to enhance cybersecurity protections of the nation’s critical infrastructure. This is associated with the DHS’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program. The following is from the Northrop GrummanRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley It has been a while since we have written about our friends at Liquid Robotics. We imagine most of our readers are keeping their ears open for news on their capabilities, they are so widely known in tech circles just about everyone knows their basic approach of leveraging “Wave Gilders” as waveRead… Read more »
By Ryan Kamauff The opening keynote at this year’s FOSE conference was delivered by General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal was formerly the Commander of International Security Assistance Force as well the United States Forces in Afghanistan. General McChrystal has also commanded the Joint Special Operations Command and the 75th Ranger Regiment. He recently retired fromRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley Everyone in the national security establishment knows of NSA’s Deputy Director, John C Inglis. He is without a doubt one of the most professional, competent, courageous leaders in the federal government. Like the vast majority of government servants he also has a strong sense of ethics and is always honest. All whoRead… Read more »
By Bob Gourley I am in a hard spot. I hear all the times from CEOs of some of the greatest tech firms in the nation that they need high quality sales professionals with federal sales experience and everyone I know that has those skills is busy and very happy where they are at. IRead… Read more »