Federal and industry cybersecurity experts said last week that transitioning to zero trust security architectures requires a “cultural shift” within organizations that are pursuing that goal. […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to approve fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending legislation that includes $25 million in funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). […]
In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is looking for public feedback on a proposed set of metrics that would measure the end-to-end FedRAMP authorization experience. […]
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released long-awaited guidance today to overhaul the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), replacing the existing policy created for the program when it began in 2011. […]
Eric Mill, executive director for cloud security at the General Services Administration (GSA), offered a preview today of planned staffing additions at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) program office that GSA runs. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) said today it approved funding awards totaling $13.8 million to the Commerce Department and the Energy Department for projects aimed at furthering the Federal government’s ongoing AI safety push, and improving existing nuclear emergency response infrastructure. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is requiring its components and military services to meet target level goals of the Pentagon’s Zero Trust Strategy by fiscal year 2027. But for the U.S. Army, this goal is especially challenging given its unique and large-scale operational environment. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) released on Wednesday a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) sharing recommendations for automating routine tasks to better focus resources on investigating anomalies associated with advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures. […]
A top official from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said today that the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is quickly increasing the number of products on its FedRAMP Marketplace, thanks to its recent codification and new pilots to help shorten the review process. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D.-Va., said today that he’s eager to see Federal agencies – including the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) – make more progress on implementing the FedRAMP Authorization Act approved by Congress late in 2022. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) launched a new agile delivery pilot program this week rooted in iterative development and customer engagement. […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said today that his office is planning to issue the 18th version of the congressional FITARA Scorecard sometime in September. […]
The Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has unveiled a new zero trust strategy to further safeguard critical assets and enhance resilience against emerging cyberthreats, the DAF CIO announced in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) has named Larry Bafundo to serve as the permanent executive director for its Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) published its final Emerging Technology Prioritization Framework on Thursday, detailing which generative AI capabilities will be the first to be prioritized. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping Federal agencies, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other government and private sector stakeholders with their critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced three new funding awards today totaling $31 million to three Federal agencies, and the agency said that TMF is on track to soon exhaust the $1 billion of funding provided to it by Congress under the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act. […]
President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at fortifying America’s supply chains, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructure (CI). […]
Federal agencies saw an almost 10 percent rise in cyber incidents throughout fiscal year (FY) 2023, according to the latest Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) report to Congress. However, despite the surge, the report also highlights an increase in improved cyber detection capabilities. […]
Further funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) has fallen completely off the radar of House appropriators, who did not include any mention of the program in their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill approved today by the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. […]
The Federal Chief Data Officers (CDO) Council has published its new goals for 2024-2025 to better leverage data as a strategic asset. […]
The House passed legislation on Tuesday that aims to reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) until 2031, helping to reinvigorate the Federal government’s investments in technology modernization. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is looking into using AI technologies to reduce the time necessary to review and assess authorization packages. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled the roster of its new Technical Advisory Group (TAG) created to “help inform decision-making on the technical, strategic, and operational direction” of GSA’s Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) that evaluates and authorizes cloud products and services used by Federal government agencies. […]
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee (FSCAC) voted today to focus on two main priorities over the next year to make the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) easier to use and able to provide more rapid certifications of cloud products and services. […]
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) announced its latest round of awards today, which includes $18.2 million for the State Department to leverage generative AI technology to streamline data processing. […]
The General Services Administration (GSA) today unveiled the roster of its newly created governing board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) that provides a government-wide approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services used by Federal government agencies. […]
Pro-Russia hacktivists are targeting and compromising small-scale operational technology (OT) systems in North American and European critical infrastructure sectors – including water and wastewater systems (WWS), dams, energy, and food and agriculture – according to a joint fact sheet released today by leading Federal cyber agencies. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Secret Service component is making progress on identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) improvements that are at the core of its progress toward creating zero trust security architectures, the agency’s chief information security officer (CISO) said. […]