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3 weeks ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Mar 28 2025 Security Sandia National Laboratories’ zero-trust policy gateway has caught the eye of the National Security Agency. Sandia National Laboratories’ holistic approach to zero-trust security makes cyber compliance easier by allowing controls and capabilities to be inherited, according to the organization’s chief solutions architect.
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4 weeks ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Mar 26 2025 Security The agency is looking to industry for game-changing cyber capabilities, says Acting CTO Justin Fanelli. The Navy reduced its number of legacy accepted networks from more than 300 to 179, and it wants to go faster to prove zero-trust security is worth the investment, according to its acting CTO.
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1 month ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Mar 25 2025 Management The transition to skills-based hiring is shaking up job descriptions and assessments. The military’s ongoing transition to skills-based hiring demands considerable changes to branch hiring manager practices. For instance, the Marines now require hiring managers to identify the skills pertaining to each job, revise job descriptions so necessary skills are highlighted and use skills assessment tools in their job applicant evaluations.
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1 month ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Mar 20 2025 Security CrowdStrike’s new Global Threat Report finds voice phishing is up, China and North Korea are finding their way into the cloud, and more. Social engineering attacks are on the rise. This means agencies should invest in endpoint detection and response tools, then focus on securing identities and establishing cross-domain visibility.
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1 month ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Mar 13 2025 Artificial Intelligence Procuring artificial intelligence faster may involve applying it to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, experts say. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) needs to be re-envisioned in the age of artificial intelligence, according to industry technology experts.
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1 month ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
The prices of laptops and monitors, in particular, are expected to increase.
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2 months ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Feb 03 2025 Security They include “cattle driving,” testing capabilities, adopting a cyber-ready mindset and identifying new talent pipelines. The Navy is moving on from its 15- to 20-year-old IT systems, and only adding new ones when there’s a warfighting need, to shrink its attack surface, according to its CIO. Speaking at WEST 2025 in San Diego on Tuesday, Jane Rathbun said the Navy is leaning into the “amazing” cloud platforms it has already built, such as Flank Speed Azure.
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2 months ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Jan 31 2025 Cloud Flank Speed was just the beginning, as Nautilus prototypes make their way onto ships. The Navy CIO is focused on enabling programs to accelerate the delivery of new IT capabilities to warfighters at the tactical edge, improving their decision-making and survivability. Cloud-managed Nautilus devices are replacing legacy systems aboard ships to allow for modern service delivery and secure information access from anywhere.
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2 months ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Jan 31 2025 Data Analytics Conflicts in the Red Sea and Ukraine are also opportunities to boost naval readiness. Naval commands have improved the agility of their threat analysis through their work in the South China and Red seas, as well as assisting Ukraine. The Pacific Fleet has had to learn fast as a team with transparent communications in the South China Sea because it’s a coastal environment.
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2 months ago | 
fedtechmagazine.com | Dave Nyczepir
Jan 29 2025 Networking A data-centric approach to cybersecurity requires a focus on the network overlay. The Marine Corps seeks a true data-centric approach to cybersecurity as it moves with the rest of the Department of Defense toward a unified network. This means protection around any single piece of data would adhere to the network’s security principles, independent of the platform or application stack on which that piece of data resides.
