Can the two-man rule foil insider threats?
The NSA, embarrassed by leaks about its covert activities, installs a two-man rule for access to sensitive information. There are other ways to shore up systems, too, though none are perfect.
Overlooked questions to ask before jumping into the cloud
Agencies can tap into a wide range of on-demand services by tackling a few key questions upfront.
Agencies sprinting to Scrum for agile development
The Scrum methodology allows project teams to regularly and frequently evaluate the progress and deliverables of their IT projects.
Next steps in making text-to-911 a reality
Major wireless carriers already have committed to delivering text messages to 911 by May 2014, and the FCC is considering rules to expand the requirement to all carriers and third-party providers.
Why agencies are learning to love agile development
From Texas to the State Department to USPS, agencies are finding big and small ways to apply agile methodologies.
Microsoft 'starts' over with Windows 8.1
The upgrade brings back the Start button, sort of, and adds a few other features.
Agencies showing sudden interest in encrypted comm
Growth of BYOD encryption company Silent Circle, already robust, has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations of NSA surveillance, and government is the biggest customer.
Hadoop data too big to move? Splunk may have a solution
Splunk Analytics for Hadoop lets users explore, analyze and visualize data natively within the open-source programming framework.
Haswell chipset leading to some powerful, tiny PCs
The fourth-generation Haswell Core i7 CPU, combined with an Nvidia GPU, powers the small but muscular Giada D2308.
Sleek case adds two layers of security to iPhones, iPads
Precise Biometrics' Tactivo adds to the BYOD possibilities with biometrics and government ID card authentication.
Just what does NIST consider a mobile device?
Any guide to mobile technology is a work in progress.
Navy's new NAVGEM sharpens its global weather forecasting
A Naval Research Lab team develops a more efficient set of algorithms to increase the resolution of its maps.
Mobile security guide: Assume a device will fall into malicious hands
NIST has updated its guidance for securely managing mobile devices, addressing advances in the technology and the move toward BYOD since its original publication in 2008.
The rising danger to data is making KMIP important
The evolving key management standard is gaining traction in the cloud as a way to ensure security across varied infrastructures.
NSF, NASA gamification help get STEM ed get off the ground
The National Science Foundation funds development of STEM games such as those by Wisdom Tools, and NASA helps ensure their accuracy.
NSA's intell gathering puts the spotlight on metadata
Metadata is valuable for extracting knowledge from smaller subsets of data for intelligence-gathering as well as for energy, weather and public safety research, experts say.
Ranking the world's best big data supercomputers
The Graph 500 ranks HPC systems not by petaflops, but on how well they handle data-intensive workloads. Livermore's Sequoia, an IBM Blue Gene Q system, leads the pack.
Text-to-911: Call when you can, text when you must
As text-to-911 service begins appear around the country, the FCC, public safety agencies and carriers warn that it is a complement to and not a substitute for voice calls in an emergency.
When NextGen 911 services show up, cloud-based call centers will be ready
Durham, N.C., is one a handful of jurisdictions that have moved 911 call centers to the cloud, preparing to implement a full range of IP-based services as they become available.
Tapping satellite spectrum could greatly expand, improve Wi-Fi service
Globalstar and research organization Jarvinian have successfully tested Terrestrial Low Power Service, which adapts satellite communications spectrum for Wi-Fi.
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