The Transportation Security Administration has released an updated strategy meant to help the agency implement and integrate cloud-based services to carry out its mission to protect the country’s transportation system. Under the Cloud Strategy 2.0, TSA will implement a “Cloud Smart” strategy for existing applications and “Cloud First” for new IT services, according to a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday.
Read More »Forcepoint’s George Kamis: Agency Digital Transformation Efforts Should Involve User-Centric Data Security
George Kamis, chief technology officer for global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said that government information technology professionals should adopt a user-centric approach to strengthen cybersecurity as part of their agencies' digital transformation efforts.
Read More »Report: CIA Issues Presolicitation for Potential $10B Commercial Cloud Enterprise Contract
The CIA plans to award a potential $10B contract to expand the acquisition of commercial cloud services from multiple vendors, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.
Read More »Report: 12 Firms Awarded Spots on GSA COMET IT Contract Vehicle
The General Services Administration has awarded 12 companies positions on a multiple-award contract for information technology services, Federal News Network reported Tuesday.
Read More »Intel’s Melvin Greer Named Fellow-In-Residence, Senior Adviser at FBI Data Division
Melvin Greer, chief data scientist at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), has been appointed fellow-in-residence and senior adviser to the FBI’s information technology applications and data division.
Read More »Infoblox’s Chris Usserman: Agencies Should Manage Security Landscape With Automation
Chris Usserman, principal security architect at Infoblox, has said security professionals seeking to protect agency information technology systems from cyber vulnerabilities should adopt automation to help track activities within and outside their IT environments while ensuring their networks’ functionality.
Read More »Splunk’s Venture Arm to Invest $150M in Data-Driven Startups
Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) has launched a venture arm to invest in startups that leverages data to improve business and bring about social change. The company said Wednesday Splunk Ventures is composed of the $100M Innovation Fund and the $50M Social Impact Fund.
Read More »Report: Treasury Plans to Spend $1.5B on Cloud Procurement Contracts
The Department of the Treasury plans to make an investment of more than $1.5B in the next 10 years to move its data and systems to the cloud, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday.
Read More »Sumo Logic Launches Kubernetes Observability Platform; Doug Natal Comments
Sumo Logic has introduced a new Kubernetes platform designed to help organizations quickly detect and troubleshoot client and infrastructure issues as well as secure customer data and applications through a single dashboard.
Read More »Dinocrates Buys Secure Comms & Networking Firm GMSI; Tom Prokop, Jim St. Clair Quoted
Rockville, Md.-based technology advisory firm Dinocrates Group has acquired networking and communications firm Global Management Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum to expand its portfolio of technology platforms and mission-critical services.
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