Review: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
WEBIt’s been two years since the last revamp. Dell clearly designed the new OptiPlex 7050 series to capitalize on its past successes. Even though the desktop has a compact form factor — measuring 11.5 inches tall in its mini-tower configuration — it’s packed with one of the fastest Intel quad-core processors: an i7 running at 3.6 gigahertz.
Computing Power of Apollo 11 & The Tech Behind It
WEB00:00. Fifty years ago this week, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the surface of the moon at the culmination of the Apollo 11 mission, and human beings first set foot on the planet’s only natural satellite. The technological feat that enabled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to bounce around the Sea of Tranquility was ...
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
WEBThe CSfC program, which got off the ground in 2016, certifies commercial network solutions that agencies can use to create secure, encrypted networks. The program is designed to enable commercial products for use in layered solutions protecting classified National Security Systems (NSS) data. The goal, the NSA says, is to give agencies “the ...
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
WEBA key benefit of a cATO is continuous monitoring of security system controls within IT systems. To achieve a cATO, officials will need to show that they have real-time or near-real-time cybersecurity countermeasures they can deploy, as well as a secure software supply chain. “Within the Army, continuous monitoring using a cATO helps us make ...
Breaking Down the NIST Risk Management Framework - FedTech …
WEBSince 2017, federal agencies have been mandated to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework to manage cybersecurity risk. However, for years before that, feds needed to follow another NIST publication to do similar activities: the Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations. …
NARA Focuses on Expanding Access to Digital Records
WEBOn Aug. 6, NARA released a draft of its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan and asked for comments from agencies and the public by Aug. 20. The plan lays out the agency’s goals over the next five years and plots out its future as a manager of digital records widely accessible to the public. “We are reaching beyond the traditional role of making ...
Working In A Classified Environment (Remotely) - FedTech Magazine
WEB00:00. The Defense Department is taking more steps to enable its remote workers to be able to access sensitive, classified information outside of the Pentagon’s secure environment. As of August, the Pentagon had expanded its remote work capabilities to about 1 million personnel through its Commercial Virtual Remote collaboration …
How the NSA’s Commercial Solutions for Classified Program …
WEB00:00. Since the mid-2010s, the National Security Agency has offered its Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program, allowing defense and intelligence agencies to securely use commercial tools to support their missions. The program certifies commercial network solutions that agencies can use to create secure, encrypted networks.
Q&A: Former Federal CIO Theresa Payton Outlines Ideas to Battle ...
WEBFireEye’s December 2020 announcement that the company had been the target of a nation-state cyberattack led to a series of revelations about major intrusions into government and business systems.Theresa Payton, the federal CIO in the George W. Bush administration, author of the book Manipulated and CEO of Fortalice Solutions, talked to FedTech about …
How IBM 7094 Gave NASA Computing Superiority in the 1960s
WEBThe IBM 7094 was the successor to the IBM 7090 mainframe. “Compatible with the IBM 7090, the advanced solid-state IBM 7094 offered substantial increases in internal operating speeds and functional capacities to match growing scientific workloads in the 1960s,” IBM notes. “The powerful IBM 7094 had 1.4 to 2.4 times the internal processing ...