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Featured Sep 18, 2020 GAO Prods Treasury to Better Track Financial Sector Cyber Risk Mitigation The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the Treasury Department take steps – in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and others – to better track and prioritize cyber risk mitigation efforts across the financial services sector. Sep 18, 2020 DoJ Indicts Iranian Nationals for Cyber Intrusions    In a coordinated effort across three district courts, the Department of Justice unsealed indictments this week in three separate cases against Iran-based individuals all alleged to have committed cyber intrusions on U.S.-based networks. Sep 18, 2020 CBP Launches new Biometric Entry/Exit Information Website The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Office of Field Operations has launched its new biometrics entry/exit website to provide a communications channel for promoting facial recognition comparison technology and biometric information. Sep 17, 2020 Officials Highlight Successful milCloud 2.0 Use, Migration Cases Three officials with milCloud 2.0 highlighted a range of successful customer use and migration cases to the cloud service at the first-ever milCloud 2.0 Virtual Bootcamp Event on September 10, organized by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) and MeriTalk. Powered by GDIT, milCloud 2.0 connects cloud service offerings to Department of Defense (DoD) networks, and provides [ ] Sep 18, 2020 AI Commission Pushes U.S. Digital Services Academy Recommendation Members of the congressionally-mandated National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) told a House panel on Sept. 17 that “bolder action” is necessary to bring sufficient digital talent into the government, and recommended the creation of a United States Digital Services Academy to meet that need. Sep 18, 2020 State Sees Little Disruption in Meeting Q3 PMA Goals Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of State has managed to meet or be on track for the majority of its Q3 FY2020 goals set in its Agency Priority Goal Action Plan for IT Modernization as part of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA). CIO Crossroads: State Department s IT Modernization Journey in the Midst of the Storm Tune in on Thursday, September 24 at 1:30 p.m. EDT for a complimentary webinar to hear Principal Deputy CIO Michael Mestrovich detail the State Department’s accelerated IT modernization journey in the midst of the COVID-19 storm. Sep 17, 2020 DISA’s Kinney Praises milCloud 2.0 ‘Balance,’ Forecasts FedRAMP Rating Boost Rory Kinney, Services Executive at the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Operations Center, praised the operational balance that milCloud 2.0 services can bring to Department of Defense (DoD) organizations looking to move to cloud services, and forecasted that milCloud 2.0 is in line for a FedRAMP certification upgrade early next year. Sep 17, 2020 Latest PMA Update Shows Key Milestones on Track With Few COVID-19 Delays The July 2020 update of the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) assured Feds that modernization efforts are continuing on despite pandemic disruptions, and the latest update on Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals released today reveals agencies are still on track to meet key milestones across goals. Sep 17, 2020 Wray: FBI Sees No Attacks On U.S. Voter Databases, But Plenty of Russian Agitation FBI Director Chris Wray said on Sept. 16 that his agency hasn’t seen any attempts thus far by foreign actors to attack the U.S. voter registration databases in the run-up to the November elections, or any attempt to tamper with vote counts. Sep 17, 2020 OMB’s Rigas Outlines Priorities for Next PMA Michael Rigas, Acting Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), outlined his priorities for the next President’s Management Agenda (PMA) at today’s ACT-IAC Shared Services Summit, including investing in emerging technology and data management. U.S., A Dozen Other Countries Participate in AI-Focused “Partnership for Defense” Officials from the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center met with military and defense personnel from a dozen other nations this week to discuss the use of artificial intelligence for military purposes. CISA, FBI Identify Iran-based Cyber Actor Exploiting VPN, Targeting Feds The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have identified an Iran-based cyber actor that is exploiting a virtual private network and targeting several Federal agencies, according to a joint advisory released this week.   GAO: VA Taking Action on Modernization, Cyber Issues; More Work Needed A Government Accountability Office (GAO) official said on Sept. 16 that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is taking action on several major IT modernization and cybersecurity issues that GAO has flagged in recent years, but that the agency still has a lot of work to do to address many of them. DHS Updates Data Center, Cloud Optimization Efforts; Sees January Award The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has provided an update on its efforts to advance Data Center and Cloud Optimization (DCC). CISA’s Corman Warns COVID Vaccine Hacks Could Endanger Millions Josh Corman, the former chief security officer at PTC who joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in July as a Visiting Researcher to support the agency’s COVID-19 response effort, warned on Sept. 16 that any significant delay in distributing coronavirus vaccines – by malicious hackers or otherwise – could endanger the lives of millions of people. 5G Transition to Create 4.6 Million Jobs by 2034, New Study Shows A new study shows that the transition to 5G wireless services will create an additional 4.6 million jobs in the United States by 2034 – and that the move to the latest generation of wireless technology has created over 100,000 jobs already since last year. Nakasone ‘Confident’ in Election Security, Calls Influence Ops ‘Next Great Disruptor’ Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, today expressed confidence in the country’s ability to conduct safe and secure elections in November, while also warning that foreign influence operations pose an ongoing challenge for the U.S.   White House Sets Steering Panel for Quantum Economic Development Consortium The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced members of the steering committee for the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, a group designed to collaborate on research, standards, and workforce initiatives in quantum information science. DoD’s Esper: Emerging Tech ‘Altering the Character of Warfare’ Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said today that new technologies are changing the “character of warfare” – a shift that he said requires adjustments both abroad and at home to funding priorities. Reps. Hurd, Kelly Formalize National AI Strategy Resolution Reps. Will Hurd, R-Texas, and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., have introduced a resolution in the House that would create a national artificial intelligence strategy. P.O. Box 1356, Alexandria, Virginia 22313 (703) 634-9525 | info@meritalk.com We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to show you personalized content and targeted ads, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. By browsing our website, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.I AcceptNo

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