FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2023

While it has been a mainstay in the private sector for many years, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) technology is still slowly finding its way into the federal government. However, the benefits of SD-WAN are more critical than ever as agencies look to modernize their older network topologies and bolster cybersecurity.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

From an IT worker’s perspective, networks are the lifeline of a federal agency. Low network latency is essential to both citizen services and project and mission execution. But how to optimize network performance without new hardware or technology? A job like that requires a tool like the CableIQ…

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

Most agencies need to conduct a network assessment as they look for ways to improve their technology to better meet their missions. For these reasons, the Army alone awarded a $526 million network modernization contract in January, seeking higher speeds to support coming upgrades to its storage, classified remote access, virtual desktop…

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The concept builds on the idea that every device, user and network flow must be authenticated and authorized before it’s permitted on the… Zero trust is mandated for federal agencies today, although it is not a simple solution to implement and cannot be delivered as a single product.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

Domains that have not yet started an update must design new network architectures to support IPv6, as well as update devices and endpoints to handle the new standard. That positions them to take advantage of the more stable, more secure protocol, which also offers vastly more addresses than IPv4.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

The majority of state and federal government agencies are running an increasingly complex mix of more than 20 security tools and platforms to boost network visibility, according to the 2024 CDW Cybersecurity Research Report.

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FedTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The two explored how they’ve accelerated the implementation of zero-trust security architectures, including network consolidation. Knausenberger and Navy CIO Aaron Weis, both of whom announced their resignations this week, chatted on stage Wednesday at the Rocky Mountain Cybersecurity Summit 2023.

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AWS Public Sector

JULY 2, 2024

Amazon Web Services ( AWS) Network Firewall allows customers to filter their outbound web traffic from on-premises environments based on fully qualified domain names (FQDN) or Server Name Indication (SNI) for encrypted traffic. In a production system, use at least two Availability Zones for high availability of the Network Firewall endpoints.

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GovCon Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

billion to four companies to provide support services for the Near Space Network. The agency said Friday the contractors will aid in the expansion of the Near Space Networks commercial direct-to-Earth capabilities, which enable spacecraft to directly send data to ground stations on Earth.

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FedTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

The Department of Defense recently announced that it would work with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle to form its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability network. Agencies are going bigger and getting bolder with their use of hybrid and multicloud environments, even as they attempt to simplify their cloud infrastructures.

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ExecutiveBiz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for modernization support of the Space Surveillance Network, which tracks space assets and debris for the United States. The Space Systems Command has awarded Anduril Industries a $99.7

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ExecutiveBiz

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The San Jose, California-based company said Wednesday the authorization for the cloud networking platform was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Securitys Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA. Empowering the Public […]

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Navy IT leaders received notification from an aircraft carrier on deployment that the ship’s entire unclassified network was inoperable in April 2022. The impact is tremendous,” says Jeff Myers, deputy program manager for PMW 160, the Navy’s tactical networking program office.

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WashngtonExec

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Leidos won a contract to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, a critical system that delivers vital organ transplant information to patients, donors and healthcare providers.

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FedTech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Government interest in predictive artificial intelligence for zero-trust security has increased along with the number of vulnerabilities identified on federal networks. Google researchers found nearly 100 zero-day vulnerabilities, a record number of network exploits, that went

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ExecutiveBiz

JANUARY 22, 2025

Viasat has secured a spot on NASA’s Near Space Network Services contract, which seeks to provide commercial ground and space relay support for the agency’s upcoming missions in low Earth orbit and up to 2 million kilometers from Earth.

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Department of Health and Human Services has posted an update on its planned procurement of IT modernization support for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. The agency said in a SAM.gov, approximately $185 million will be awarded under a five-year multiple-award blanket purchase agreement.

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USFCR

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Federal expos—whether large, industry-wide gatherings or niche conferences—offer unparalleled opportunities to network, learn, and showcase your business. While keeping up with regulations and trends is important, the real edge often comes from face-to-face connections.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

For its part, CDW Government does some of that work in-house or otherwise relies on a vast network of partners delivering such services, and our environmental, social and governance program continually evaluates

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AWS Public Sector

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When terrestrial network connectivity between an Outpost and its parent AWS Region is unavailable, this solution routes traffic back to the parent Region over a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connection, supporting business continuity and data residency requirements. This enables customers to keep applications and workloads running.

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FedTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Agencies continue to work toward the goal of connecting all employees through the same network, no matter their location, to boost efficiency and security. However, the timing for that shift is likely six years away.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2022

Imagine autonomous shuttle buses transporting military personnel around a base, or a smart warehouse using a distributed sensor network and robotics to track military vehicles. 5G, the fifth-generation wireless network, is expected to deliver much higher data speeds,…

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Those components currently prioritizing the increased bandwidth that comes with the transition generally have high device density on their networks. The spectrum is much broader than the 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands and allows for faster network speeds. The Federal Communications Commission decided in 2020 to open 1.2

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FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Defense Department’s sprawling IT architecture includes at least 15,000 networks used by millions worldwide. Creating a zero-trust network for a system that complex is no small feat. His agency is also the lead on the Thunderdome project, designed to bring all DOD networks into compliance with zero-trust requirements by 2027.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

Cyber hygiene consists of practices and procedures that organizations use to maintain the health and security resilience of their systems, devices, networks and data. For agencies that…

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GovCon Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

The National Science Foundation has issued a request for quotation for the Unified Network for Innovative Technology and Engineering, or UNITE, blanket purchase agreement.

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WashngtonExec

JANUARY 23, 2025

Eric Trexler SVP of Public Sector, Palo Alto Networks Helping the Defense Department secure its network infrastructure by developing a zero-trust platform was no small feat for Eric Trexler and his team.

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FedTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2023

Devices may be more easily compromised off-premises, and agencies can face major breaches if those devices are then connected to their networks. A zero-trust approach provides added security in networks with cloud-based assets and remote users.

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 23, 2024

Multiple paths forward exist for agencies seeking virtual representations of physical machines — including storage, networks and servers — to use resources more efficiently, whether they’re improving existing efforts or just starting out. As the current market shifts, some agencies are looking for virtualization alternatives.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2022

While the Defense Department has moved faster than civilian agencies in adopting 5G, leaders across federal government are taking an interest in the emerging network infrastructure, with good reason. “5G 5G is more than cellular telephony,” according to a report from the CSIS Working Group on Trust and Security in 5G Networks. “5G

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Department of Defense should look beyond existing communication protocols — the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network — toward commercial solutions that support secure information sharing, say comms experts.

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Federal News Network

JANUARY 30, 2025

Those figures are corroborated by emails obtained by Federal News Network in which HomeSafe reached out to a broad swath of the moving industry to try to secure capacity for moves that were quickly approaching or were already overdue but for which no drivers were currently assigned.

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Don Parente, vice president of public sector sales at MetTel, discussed how the Starlink satellite internet constellation has provided an opportunity for MetTel to expand its software-defined wide area network, or SD-WAN, broadband services to federal government customers.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency describes election infrastructure as an assembly of systems and networks that includes voter…

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ExecutiveBiz

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Leidos has been awarded three contracts worth over $30 million in total by the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue enhancing and expanding the Department of Defense Network, or DODNet, under the Defense Enclave Services, or DES, program. billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity DES contract […]

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Because if you tried to do it sequentially — maybe networks first, then data, then identity — it would take too much time.” When the Office of Personnel and Management secured $9.9 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to support its zero-trust security efforts, the agency was thinking big. “We

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 5, 2024

Agencies have used storage area networks for years to consolidate storage solutions into a single fabric, but cluster computing enhances data security by creating more redundant copies of data spread across multiple locations.

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