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The final solicitation for the $3.4 billion Data Center and Cloud Optimization contract seeks greater efficiency, better quality data, more security and better mission support.
By Lauren C. Williams Jan 19, 2021 Thanks to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing your own approved device (BYOAD) is now a high priority for the Defense Information Systems Agency. That's due in large part to vastly more teleworkers and the temporary deployment of the Defense Department's commercial virtual remote (CVR) Teams environment. As DOD and DISA move to a permanent Microsoft Office 365 solution this summer, the need and demand for BYOAD is expected to increase. "With the rollout of CVR and the success of CVR users and the fact that users are working differently ...
To crack down on security risks from unmanned aerial systems, the General Services Administration said its multiple awards schedules will only offer small drones approved by the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS Program.
While distributed denial of service attacks can take agencies offline, relevant policies, trained staff and orchestrated technical and personnel resources offer the best defense.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned of attacks that leverage phishing and email forwarding vulnerabilities as well as one that bypassed multifactor authentication.