TechAmerica is a great association of companies driving innovation worldwide. They are a leading voice of the US technology industry with over 1000 member companies worldwide. Member companies span the entire spectrum of technology, from software to semiconductors and from start-up to multi-national. Their companies are key drivers of economic growth and job creation. InRead… Read more »
On Wednesday, May 23, the Atlantic Council will present another premiere event as part of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The conference, “Building a Secure Cyber Future: Attacks on Estonia, Five Years On,” will be at the Madison Hotel at 1177 Fifteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. I’ll be attending,Read… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Navy has reduced it’s estimated cost for the Next-Generation Enterprise Network in roughly half to between $4.5 and $5.398 billion over five years. More here. NASA is investigating allegations that a team of Iranian hackers compromised its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. More here. TheRead… Read more »
The founder of The Federation of Galaxy Explorers (FOGE) Nick Eftimiades just dropped us a note about his organization and its annual event. We would love to see everyone who is interested in supporting a wonderful cause come to celebrate the work this organization is doing for the youth of today. On June 2nd, FOGERead… Read more »
Signing up for our newsletters and tech reports means you will be alerted when we publish updates. You will also see summaries of our best reporting and reviews of tech trends. We would love to put you on distro. Here is more info: The Monthly CTOvision.com Tech Review provides a recap of the most significantRead… Read more »
Red Herring America’s is a conference starting on Monday 21 May (here is the agenda). This is an invitation only event. But if you are not going there should be plenty of information flowing out of the conference, it is widely attended by IT thought leaders and will be covered by Red Herring, of course.Read… Read more »
The Department of Defense Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer has a long running history of seeking out the best ideas for improving DoD oversight and management of department financial management systems, operations and controls. The office has a mandate to transform the way DoD does business. Here is a bit more from theirRead… Read more »
On Wednesday, May 16, I had the pleasure of attending the Atlantic Council’s ”Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops” discussion moderated by Jason Healey, the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative and featuring Steven R. Chabinsky, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Cyber and the former Senior Counsel of the FBI’sRead… Read more »
Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Justice are considering China Mobile’s license for providing international information service in the United States over concerns about cybersecurity and spying. More here. Law enforcement and civil liberties groups debated a bill requiring aRead… Read more »
Close to 16 years ago, Matt Devost, Brian Houghton, and Neal Pollard warned you not to trust your toaster. The title referred literally to computer-connected toasters and more broadly at the problem of security vulnerabilities in a networked world. Since then, the cybersecurity world has focused more narrowly on corporate and government network security andRead… Read more »