Federal Technology News & Trends | FedTech Magazine
WEBThe Environmental Protection Agency is a well-oiled hybrid work machine standing up multiple digitization centers and transitioning to a cloud-based telephony system while training employees to adapt to the changes. FedTech explores technology issues and successes that federal IT leaders and managers face when they’re evaluating and ...
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 ...
VDI Supports Additional Workers During Emergencies | FedTech …
WEB00:00. Across the government, virtual desktop infrastructure provided valuable support as agencies turned to additional temporary and emergency workers to cope with the workload triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without VDI, “it would have been a very heavy lift to try to respond to COVID,” says Clayton Sammons, deputy director of ...
GSA to Shut Down FedBizOpps Website | FedTech Magazine
WEBThe days are numbered for the Federal Business Opportunities, or FedBizOpps, website.The General Services Administration announced this week via a blog post that it will shut down the outdated and hard-to-navigate website in the coming months. According to Nextgov, the shutdown will occur by the end of 2019 (in the first quarter of fiscal year …
Product Review: Polycom SoundStation IP 5000 | FedTech Magazine
WEBDesigned for small conference rooms and meeting areas, the Polycom SoundStation IP 5000 is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conference phone that can bring big features into all the little nooks where people work.. While most large conference rooms in government are already equipped with some type of a big teleconferencing system, …
Dell Technologies’ PowerEdge Servers Help the Federal …
WEBDell released an update to that technology this year: the 15G PowerEdge servers. Mark D’Alessandro, senior director of data center sales for Dell Technologies, says the new technology is uniquely positioned to support solution providers, federal system integrators and other partners. “They are using their expertise and need the latest and ...
What Is FedRAMP Compliance and How Can Federal IT Achieve It?
WEBFedRAMP is designed to enable agencies to “use modern cloud technologies, with an emphasis on security and protection of federal information,” the spokesperson notes. Greg Touhill, an ISACA board director and the former federal CISO, offers a more succinct description, noting that FedRAMP “is intended to provide a standardized approach to ...
The Future of Data Encryption: What You Need to Know Now
WEBThe federal government has always needed to prevent classified information from being disclosed. But as cyberattacks become more sophisticated and prevalent, the stakes are only getting higher.. One way that organizations can protect data is through encryption, which applies algorithms to scramble data so that it’s readable only by someone who …
Review: Epson PowerLite 2250U LCD Projector Makes Meetings …
WEBExcessive overhead lighting that washes out images during presentations may be a problem of the past. Epson’s PowerLite 2250U LCD projector is designed as a conference room unit, able to overcome less-than-ideal lighting and still project a clear, easy-to-view image.But instead of boosting brightness, which often comes at the expense of image …
Breaking Down the NIST Risk Management Framework - FedTech …
WEBSince 2017, federal agencies have been mandated to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework to manage cybersecurity risk. However, for years before that, feds needed to follow another NIST publication to do similar activities: the Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations. …