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WEBThe Environmental Protection Agency is a well-oiled hybrid work machine standing up multiple digitization centers and transitioning to a cloud-based telephony system while training employees to adapt to the changes. FedTech explores technology issues and successes that federal IT leaders and managers face when they’re evaluating and ...
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 ...
ATO to cATO Cybersecurity Transition in The Federal Government
WEBA 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 ...
DEC’s VAX Superminicomputer Became a Mainstay in Federal …
WEBWith VAX, DEC extended its PDP-11 minicomputer architecture from 16 to 32 bits. The first model in the VAX “superminicomputer” line was the VAX-11/780. The line rivaled “much more expensive mainframe computers in performance,” according to the online Computer History Museum. The VAX line also featured “the ability to address over 4GB ...
How Platform One (P1) from the Air Force Supports DevSecOps
WEBThe Air Force ’s Platform One, for example, is the first DOD -approved DevSecOps managed service, providing a secure centralized software development and delivery platform, a suite of tools and training. A modern cloud-era platform, P1 provides valuable tooling, supports DevSecOps pipelines and offers …
What is CSfC: How CSfC Components Can Boost Network Security …
WEBThe 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: Dell’s OptiPlex 7050 Was Designed with Feds in Mind
WEBIt’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.
CDW Acquires Sirius, Expands IT Solutions Capabilities for Federal ...
WEBCDW 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 ...
What is CMMC? Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
WEBThat process, known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, has undergone many evolutions since it was formally introduced in early 2020 and is, in fact, still evolving. However, at its core, CMMC is designed to ensure that defense contractors are all meeting at least a basic level of cybersecurity hygiene for protecting sensitive ...
What is NSFNET: How Tech Sparked Scientific Research - FedTech
WEBThe National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), developed to help U.S. research scientists collaborate, was a crucial link between ARPANET and the commercial networks that served as the early public internet’s foundation. Along the way, NSFNET served as a demonstration for the technical underpinnings of modern networks — routers and ...