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House blocks Google-hosted apps, Yahoo Mail over security fears

Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives' information technology team has blocked the congressional chamber from accessing software applications hosted on a Google cloud service in an attempt to prevent possible hacking campaigns against lawmakers and their staff, according to two congressional sources.

Federal Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and the Rise of Cloud-based Cognitive Computing

U.S. defense and intelligence organizations leverage analytic tools to help gather intelligence, investigate and deter a wide array of cybersecurity threats. Open source intelligence (OSINT), a primary weapon in their arsenals, is quickly evolving to embrace cloud technologies and cognitive computing (artificial intelligence). These latest...

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A Natural Evolution: From Data Center Consolidation to IT Optimization

As federal IT organizations make progress consolidating and modernizing their IT infrastructures, the impact of legacy platforms, technologies and traditional data centers still weighs heavy, along with each agency’s ability to attract and maintain the skill sets and applications needed to meet 21st century requirements. If...

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Flipping the 80/20 Rule to Gain Agile Application Development

Because agencies typically spend 80 percent of IT budgets managing legacy systems and only 20 percent on new technology -- the more agencies can adopt agile application development methods, the faster they will increase efficiency and improve performance. Agility in software development requires keeping code...

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Solutions to Safeguarding Growing Cloud Data

IT and security managers in the federal government—like their private sector counterparts—are facing daunting challenges when it comes to safeguarding data throughout their organization. Trends such as the increased use of cloud platforms and mobile technology, along with the growing sophistication of attacks launched by hackers...

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