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Laying the foundation for drone swarms
November 13, 2017 | NewsDARPA wants technologies and tactics to manage drone swarms in diverse, evolving urban situations.
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GSA wants feedback on cloud contract language
| NewsTo help agencies improve their cloud services contracts, the General Services Administration is asking industry for examples of both effective and problematic contract language.
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Worried about hackers, states turn to cyber insurance
| NewsAs the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves -- and taxpayers.
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Who’s really responsible for cloud security?
| NewsUnderstanding the division of security responsibilities between the agency and cloud service providers makes it easier for CIOs to safely move their data to the cloud.
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Another mass shooting, another locked phone
November 09, 2017 | NewsFederal investigators want access to the Texas shooter's locked phone, but most security researcher think it’s a bad idea.
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A product and platform approach to citizen-centric service delivery
| NewsWhen platform capabilities provide product flexibility, services no longer have be built from scratch, speeding application deployment and ensuring interoperability.
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Blockchain: Getting government beyond the hype
| NewsInterest in blockchain's public sector potential is growing. But while use cases and proof of concepts are hinting as what's possible, agencies have a ways to go before projects can be rolled out on a larger scale.
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Facial recognition improving ‘at breakneck speeds’
| NewsRecent winners of the IARPA challenge demonstrate improvements with the technology's accuracy and speed.
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The challenge of authenticating real humans in a digital world
| NewsWhile cameras, sensors and other devices can make authentication easier for people to accomplish, they carry their own weaknesses.
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Governors, state CIOs push for streamlined federal cyber regulations
November 08, 2017 | NewsFederal cybersecurity regulations have become a challenge to state governments that are working to consolidate their IT operations.