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Cloud service providers hoping to secure authorizations to operate at multiple agencies simultaneously got some more time to make a business case for their prioritization by the board.
Prospective cloud service providers now have until May 21 to show demand for their offering among federal agencies in hopes an interagency board at the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, will put them at the front of the line for approval.
Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires.
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Some of this year’s Tech Titans expanded their companies not only in spite of the pandemic but because of it. Michael Chasen, founder of the “edtech” firm Blackboard, leveraged the demand for at-home education to launch Class, a company that creates virtual classrooms using Zoom. Class has already raised more than $40 million. Blake Hall, founder of ID.me, wh
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The White House is suspending the two interagency groups tasked with managing the government s response to the cybersecurity incidents involving SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange, citing improving trends in patching.
Anne Neuberger briefs the White House press corps on Feb. 17, 2021
The White House is standing down the two interagency groups tasked with managing the government s response to the cybersecurity incidents involving SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange, citing improving trends in patching. Due to the vastly increased patching and reduction in victims, we are standing down the current UCG surge efforts and will be handling further responses through standard incident management procedures, according to an April 19 statement from Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology.
The Unified Coordination Groups, established through a 2016 presidential directive, were stood up shortly after each incident was discovered. They brought together the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to manage the government s response efforts.