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Several agencies haven’t met IoT cybersecurity requirements, GAO says

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According to the Government Accountability Office, three agencies said they wouldn’t be able to finish their IoT inventories by Sept. 30, six did not share their time frames for doing so, and one — the Small Business Administration — said it does not use any IoT and therefore would not be compiling an inventory.

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CISA aims for inventory clarity with post-quantum cryptography guidance

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The cyber agency said the ACDI tools will serve the purpose of automating “the collection of the cryptographic characteristics required for the inventory,” and also be integrated with its Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. Much of CISA’s guidance centers on the inventorying of data items that agencies will have to report.

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National lab’s mismanagement of property put sensitive information and tech at risk, watchdog states

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The IG conducted the audit from January 2022 through July 2023. The laboratory did not indicate that 11,198 out of 17,264 items were sensitive, as required by federal regulations, which accounted for $75 million of its 2021 total inventory value, according to the report. These requirements are intended to protect U.S.

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Cyber officials cite legacy systems as post-quantum readiness challenge

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In 2022, the Office of Management and Budget directed agencies to inventory cryptography on certain systems and estimate funding needed for migration to post-quantum standards. The government has already required agencies to make some progress on identifying where cryptography that would need to be updated exists.

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector

Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents. The awards champion practitioners, teams, and leaders who transform people’s lives by applying digital solutions and leveraging technology to reform the public sector for those it serves.

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5G: The Transformation of Defense Networks

FedInsider

Friday, October 13, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In 2022, the Department of Defense created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies, laying the foundation for new opportunities to implement innovative solutions to military needs. and its allies and partners.

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IT integration problems are latest setback for DoD’s multibillion dollar moving system overhaul

Federal News Network

But then the move is then transmitted to HomeSafe Connect, where then the now-reformed process really starts to move into automation — from the pre-move survey to the inventory process. The court eventually ruled in DoD and HomeSafe’s favor, but the final legal hurdles weren’t cleared until December 2022.

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