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How Robotic Dogs Could Protect Federal Facilities. When [employees] sit in an in-person meeting in a conference room, they generally have their laptops open. People are very tuned in to the remote participants.”. Vaughn Noga, CIO, Environmental Protection Agency. WATCH THE …
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
A 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 ...
Computing Power of Apollo 11 & The Tech Behind It
00:00. Fifty 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 ...
Review: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
It’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 CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
The 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 ...
Review: The Kensington SD5700T Thunderbolt 4 Is Ideal for Hybrid …
The Thunderbolt 4 standard supports up to 40Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth, so it’s ideal for compute-intensive tasks such as PC-to-PC data transfers or large file backups. It carries both video and sound, and supports up to 4K display resolution at 60 hertz — mirroring the DisplayPort standard. Thunderbolt technology is also able to ...
How IBM 7094 Gave NASA Computing Superiority in the 1960s
The 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 ...
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How to Prepare for CMMC 2.0: the Newest DOD Cybersecurity …
How Agencies and Industry Are Preparing for CMMC 2.0. One of the first steps to meeting these new standards for members of the defense industrial base is creating a roadmap measuring where they are and where they need to go. That means both informal and formal assessments to see what kind of new policies and technology are needed.
CDW Acquires Sirius, Expands IT Solutions Capabilities for Federal ...
CDW 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 ...