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WEBThe Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office creates 3D scans of historical and scientific artifacts so that scientists, citizens and anyone who can't make it to the D.C.-based museums can get a closer look at the museum complex's wealth of relics.
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
WEBFederal 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 …
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 Apollo …
What is NSFNET: How Tech Sparked Scientific Research - FedTech
WEBWhile it’s widely known that the systems that eventually became the internet were developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as ARPANET, a lesser-known federal project also served a key role in the development of IP communications.
What Is a Cybersecurity Audit and Why Is It Important?
WEBThe federal government is still unraveling its vulnerabilities in the wake of the SolarWinds cyberattack, and the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency does not know how many federal civilian agencies are segmenting and segregating internal networks from unwanted outside traffic.. Brandon Wales, the acting director of the Cybersecurity …
Review: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
WEBDell’s desktop PCs have been a staple of the federal workspace for 20 years.In the 1990s, the company decided to release major updates to its OptiPlex line on an occasional basis, allowing agencies to standardize and secure a reliable system that could then last for years.As such, new OptiPlex models are somewhat rare.
DEC’s VAX Superminicomputer Became a Mainstay in Federal …
WEBIn the 1970s — the era of Watergate and then of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter — the Digital Equipment Corp.’s VAX system helped fill the technology gap after IBM mainframes dominated federal computing but before smaller personal computers and the internet took off and became a key element of federal computing architecture, especially …
Swarm Intelligence: What Is It and How Are Agencies Using It?
WEBThe Defense Department recently stood up its new chief digital and artificial intelligence office and is piloting AI education programs for thousands of Pentagon employees.. While there has been a great deal of attention on how the federal government could use AI to make work more efficient or analyze data from the battlefield more readily, there are a …
How DISA's CMRS System Supports Cybersecurity Efforts - FedTech
WEBDISA's continuous monitoring and risk scoring (CMRS) system aims to support federal cybersecurity efforts. Learn how this can impact your agency!
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
WEBWhat Are Commercial Solutions for Classified? 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.