From poor user satisfaction to integration challenges, the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new multi-billion dollar electronic health record (EHR) system faces several barriers that affect its implementation and efficiency, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) last week established a new advisory group to guide and improve how it delivers capability-enhancing technologies into the hands of warfighters. […]
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has been slowly identifying areas within its enterprise that would benefit from automation and other artificial intelligence-enabled improvements, but bringing those ideas to fruition will be a challenge, the agency’s finance chief said this week. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) expects to roll out its Thunderdome program to 60 sites in fiscal year (FY) 2024 – thus far the agency has deployed the zero trust program to 23 sites, an agency spokesperson confirmed. […]
While a total ban on ransom payments to hackers remains “the ultimate goal” for cybersecurity experts, critical infrastructure organizations need stronger cybersecurity resilience before that happens, former acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden told lawmakers on April 16. […]
A review of the Defense Department’s component-level zero trust security implementation plans is painting a clearer picture of trends and challenges running through the three-dozen-plus plans – including the vital importance of proper funding for components, and achieving interoperability across component zero trust plans – to meet DoD’s 2027 zero trust deployment goal. […]
U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Leo Garciga released a new policy earlier this month that aims to create a “chain of responsibility” around the service branch’s data to guide how the Army can manage it efficiently and effectively. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity information sheet (CIS) on April 9 detailing recommendations for maturing data security and enforcing access to data in transit and at rest. […]
The U.S. Space Force released a new plan on April 10 that realigns and reprioritizes the service branch’s steps to better integrate commercial space capabilities. […]
U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) deployed its digital force 22 times on “hunt forward” missions to over a dozen countries in 2023, Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh – who heads Cyber Command – told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 10. […]
