When a former senior IRS executive says the federal government’s most pressing priority is managing risk, agencies and contractors alike would do well to listen. From 2008 to 2016, Terry…
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Federal Cyber News from the IRS, Veterans Affairs, and the Nation’s CISO
by Margaret Brown July 17, 2018Government Technology Insider curates news about a variety of topics related to the IT challenges facing government agencies. In this roundup on cybersecurity, we learn that the Internal Revenue Service…
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Federal News Roundup: IRS in the Spotlight, VA Thwarts Malicious Actors, and Data Center Consolidation Becomes a Hot Topic, Again
by GTI Editors March 31, 2016In this week’s roundup we take a look at how different agencies are handling ever-present threats to citizen and government data. We also welcome back data center consolidation as a…
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Increase in Federal Government Cyber Attacks Lays Groundwork for 2016
by GTI Editors January 4, 2016This article was authored and contributed by John Sellers, Vice President, Federal, at Lancope. At the end of last year, we looked back and said that 2014 was the…
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The Pentagon Wages War on DDoS Attacks, FITARA’s Effect on Federal Technology, and Inspirational Images from NASA
by GTI Editors August 25, 2015Pentagon researchers are getting ready to wage counterattacks to cripple distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that plague not only Department of Defense networks, but all government agencies. In the…
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18F shares its best practices; questions are asked about government agency readiness for the era of the Internet of Things; NATO takes to the cloud to prepare for modern international…
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Federal News Round Up: NASA Bringing 3D Printing to Space; IRS Extends Tax Deadline for Bostonians; and NOAA to Shut Down for 4 Days
by GTI Editors April 22, 2013From NASA bringing 3D printing to space to NOAA planning to shut down for four days due to sequestration, the federal news cycle is brimming with a mixed bag of…
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Federal News Round Up: IRS Not Stalking You on Facebook; Increase in Government Tech Spending; and Pentagon Requests $4.7 Billion for Cyber Operations
by GTI Editors April 15, 2013While many of us are rushing to file our taxes today, we can rest assured that the IRS is not stalking us on Facebook – it was merely a rumor. …