Computing Power of Apollo 11 & The Tech Behind It
WEBFifty years ago this week, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landed on the surface of the moon at the culmination of the Apollo 11 mission, and human beings first set foot on the planet’s only natural satellite. The technological feat that enabled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to bounce around the Sea of Tranquility was the ...
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
WEBA key benefit of a cATO is continuous monitoring of security system controls within IT systems. To achieve a cATO, officials will need to show that they have real-time or near-real-time cybersecurity countermeasures they can deploy, as well as a secure software supply chain. “Within the Army, continuous monitoring using a cATO helps us make ...
Review: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
WEBIt’s been two years since the last revamp. Dell clearly designed the new OptiPlex 7050 series to capitalize on its past successes. Even though the desktop has a compact form factor — measuring 11.5 inches tall in its mini-tower configuration — it’s packed with one of the fastest Intel quad-core processors: an i7 running at 3.6 gigahertz.
What is CMMC? Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
WEBThat process, known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, has undergone many evolutions since it was formally introduced in early 2020 and is, in fact, still evolving. However, at its core, CMMC is designed to ensure that defense contractors are all meeting at least a basic level of cybersecurity hygiene for protecting sensitive ...
CDW Acquires Sirius, Expands IT Solutions Capabilities for Federal ...
WEBCDW has acquired Sirius Computer Solutions, one of the largest U.S. IT solutions integrators, in a deal that is expected to accelerate and enhance its capabilities in a wide range of areas, including hybrid infrastructure, security, digital and data innovation, and cloud and managed services.. Sirius’ capabilities include helping an agency within the Commerce Department deploy hyperconverged ...
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
WEBThe CSfC program, which got off the ground in 2016, certifies commercial network solutions that agencies can use to create secure, encrypted networks. The program is designed to enable commercial products for use in layered solutions protecting classified National Security Systems (NSS) data. The goal, the NSA says, is to give agencies “the ...
How IBM 7094 Gave NASA Computing Superiority in the 1960s
WEBThe IBM 7094 was the successor to the IBM 7090 mainframe. “Compatible with the IBM 7090, the advanced solid-state IBM 7094 offered substantial increases in internal operating speeds and functional capacities to match growing scientific workloads in the 1960s,” IBM notes. “The powerful IBM 7094 had 1.4 to 2.4 times the internal processing ...
DEC’s VAX Superminicomputer Became a Mainstay in Federal …
WEBWith VAX, DEC extended its PDP-11 minicomputer architecture from 16 to 32 bits. The first model in the VAX “superminicomputer” line was the VAX-11/780. The line rivaled “much more expensive mainframe computers in performance,” according to the online Computer History Museum. The VAX line also featured “the ability to address over 4GB ...
DoDIIS 2021: DIA Looks to Modernize the Government’s Top …
WEBThe Defense Intelligence Agency is undertaking a wide-ranging, five-year plan to modernize the federal government’s network for sharing and viewing top-secret intelligence. In an interview with FedTech at the 2021 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in Phoenix, DIA CIO Doug Cossa notes that the government use of the network, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), has evolved ...
DoDIIS 2021: Intelligence Community to Revamp Common …
WEBSpeaking during the 2021 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in Phoenix, Michael Castelli, director of mission and resources in the office of the CIO of the intelligence community at ODNI, said that the revised strategy provides essential guidance to intelligence agencies and their partners to “continue to develop and implement an IT enterprise ...