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HPE and Department of Energy Prepare for the Second Phase of Newest Supercomputer

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DOE tapped HPE in late 2021 to build the new platform to tackle ongoing renewable energy and energy-efficiency research. Kestrel, the Department of Energy’s newest supercomputer, has taken flight. Kestrel will deliver more than five times faster performance, with 44 petaflops of computing power.

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A major USAID contractor said it was hacked in 2021. It’s still not sharing details

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Chemonics, an international development firm that has received billions in government contracts and has described USAID as its “primary client ,” suffered a hack that impacted its employees back in 2021. The post A major USAID contractor said it was hacked in 2021. It’s still not sharing details appeared first on FedScoop.

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Get Ready for the Transformative Power of 6G

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5G is trying to enable the Internet of Everything, and it’s making some steps toward that, but 6G will really get it right,” says Jeffrey Andrews, director of 6G@UT, a research center at the University of Texas at Austin that was launched in June 2021. 6G will take 5G’s high…

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New Cyber-Physical Resilience Working Group Seeks Expert Advice

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The May 2021 ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, which halted pipeline operations until the $4.4…

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Review: WatchGuard EDR Tool Blends with Existing Tech to Bolster Network Security

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According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, the public sector reported nearly 3,000 cyber incidents in 2021, with more than 75 percent of them committed by external threat actors. The continuing increase in cyberattacks is fueling the push for federal agencies to create zero-trust environments.

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Using Automation to Meet CISA’s Vulnerability Management Directive

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Such attacks increased 95 percent in the second half of 2022 compared with the same time period in 2021, according to CloudSEK. Cyberattacks against government agencies have risen significantly since the introduction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Binding Operational Directive 22-01.

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Agencies Work Diligently to Upgrade Legacy Systems

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In April 2021,Walsh provided testimony to Congress on agencies’ efforts to modernize critical legacy systems, some of which have been in operation since the 1960s. “It’s almost like a game of whack-a-mole,” says Kevin Walsh, director of IT and cybersecurity at the Government Accountability Office. “As