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Microsoft unwraps top secret cloud
August 17, 2021 | NewsMicrosoft announced its top secret, air-gapped Azure cloud has received authorization to operate and are "generally available" for national security workloads.
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DHS looks to CMMC for contractor security model
| NewsThe Department of Homeland Security is taking a page from the Pentagon’ Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program as it looks to create a verifiable standard to ensure contractors are in compliance with its cyber hygiene clauses released in 2015.
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FirstNet investigates off-network communications
| NewsFirstNet is researching ways to provide off-network broadband communications to public-safety workers.
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SaaS: The future of health insurance enrollment
| NewsState-based health care exchanges built on software-as-a-service platforms help lower operating costs and increase policy flexibility and autonomy to drive health insurance enrollment.
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Digital twin models energy profile of every US building
| NewsOak Ridge National Laboratory’s AutoBEM software suite can make energy-saving recommendations for every building in the country.
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Solarium progress report highlights security advances, challenges
August 16, 2021 | NewsWhile most of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission's recommendations are on track to being implemented, but lack of funding could potentially undermine some efforts, according to a recent the commissions’ 56-page progress report.
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For smartphone makers, security is a matter of economics
| NewsOnly when average smartphone users start to value security as much as they do the new bells and whistles will manufacturers be forced to treat security like the life-or-death issue it currently is for many targets of Pegasus.
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How better data can help states improve online sales tax collection
| NewsWhile practices vary, states are largely unable to determine what share of sales taxes is coming from online sales and often lack an effective way of making sure businesses comply.
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How hackers can use message mirroring apps to see all your SMS texts — and bypass 2FA security
| NewsAttackers can leverage a compromised email/password combination connected to a Google account to nefariously install a readily available message mirroring app on a victim’s smartphone via Google Play.
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New York, Argonne model climate-change impact on power grid
August 13, 2021 | NewsThe project will deliver very specific climate predictions that will help officials understand vulnerabilities in the New York Power Authority’s grid to future climate impacts.