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Defense and intelligence agencies are working to ensure they have the networks in place to handle artificial intelligence (AI), because that’s the biggest impediment to deploying the emerging technology.. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency transports more data globally than any other U.S. agency, so its network needs to scale to keep pace with advances in …

Federal agencies have long followed the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations to help agencies select the appropriate safeguards related to cybersecurity, privacy and supply chain risk management.. A key component of how agency IT officials assess risk and deploy new information systems is an authorization to ...

Nov 30, 2024 · The first thing you’ll notice about the 2024 iteration of FedTech magazine’s influencer list is the emergence of chief artificial intelligence officers, who are spearheading chatbot, generative AI and large language model efforts within the federal government.. Some agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, were quick to follow industry in appointing a CAIO to boost ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s science-based mission includes receiving, generating and reviewing a wealth of data and products from the vast array of manufacturers and firms that the agency regulates. The need for a customer-friendly, secure-submission platform is paramount to the FDA efficiently performing this mission.In developing …

The Department of Defense develops software factories to enable continuous integration and delivery of new applications amid its ongoing software modernization push.. An assembly line comparison is apt: DOD defines a software factory as having distinct pipelines — each with its own tools, workflows, scripts and environments — and sets of automated activities throughout the development ...

The Intelligence Community just signed and will soon release a data reference architecture intended to help its 18 elements connect siloed data across their distributed ecosystem, according to Chief Data Officer Lori Wade.

Next-Gen SIEM Enables Faster Cyber Incident Response. A cornerstone of next-gen SIEM is flexible storage that can incorporate data from multifaceted sources at the volume, velocity and level of veracity that the cyber ecosystem delivers, says Sam Kinch, director of technical account management at systems software company Tanium. "Scalability improves with tunable storage capacities and ...

The Indian Health Service announced plans to start rolling out pilots of its new electronic health record at three Oklahoma sites in 2025: Lawton Indian Hospital, Anadarko Indian Health Center and Carnegie Indian Health Center.. PATH EHR is a cloud-based EHR from Oracle Health that will replace IHS’ 40-year-old Resource and Patient Management System.

Agencies have decisions to make when it comes to next-generation firewalls due to budgetary and mission constraints. Nevertheless, NGFWs are a necessity for network security in the current cyberthreat environment.. The NGFW landscape offers a range of technical capabilities, and this guide is intended to help agencies make sense of it.