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Contact tracing programs must be digital, automated and protect individual privacy
July 16, 2020 | NewsContact tracing will be one of the most critical weapons in a community’s public health arsenal, so the faster governments deploy digitally driven systems, the sooner they’ll understand the full impact of the spread -- and will be able to… Read More »
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DIU issues drone contracts to support domestic suppliers
| NewsThe Defense Department’s innovation arm has issued $13.4 million in small-drone support contracts under the Defense Production Act.
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Ransomware criminals are targeting US universities
| NewsCybercriminals can launch massive phishing attacks targeting users of campus networks and gain access to highly desirable and sensitive information related to research, patents and other types of intellectual property data.
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Reverse-engineering deception-based attacks
July 15, 2020 | NewsThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for ways to automate the identification of tools and processes used in deepfakes, or adversarial machine learning attacks, so an adversary’s unique weaknesses can be targeted and responses developed at scale.
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How automation can help local governments thrive in the post-COVID world
| NewsAutomation can simultaneously make regulatory compliance easier, improve cash flow and better equip agencies to provide reliable and effective services to constituents.
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Biases in algorithms hurt those looking for information on health
| NewsThe algorithms underlying health recommendations on social media platforms are biased toward engagement, pointing users with greater health literacy to medical advice from reputed health care providers and steering less sophisticated users toward popular sources touting fake cures or misleading… Read More »
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DISA looks to infrastructure as code for faster cloud deployment
July 14, 2020 | NewsThe Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for a cloud developer to help it deploy infrastructure-as-code capabilities so it can automate configuration for multiple missions in one or more cloud environments.
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Google launches a government cloud
| NewsAssured Workloads for Government is a secure cloud platform the company says will give agencies more feature options and better security than traditional government clouds.
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Technology will drive 2020 hurricane readiness and response
| NewsAs emergency response agencies prepare for hurricanes against the backdrop of COVID-19, they must train staff, validate processes and policies and test and update technology to better inform response and mitigate health risks to responders.
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A clear and omnipresent danger: RF exfiltration
July 13, 2020 | NewsGovernment’s widespread adoption of teleworking and wireless technologies has raised the threat of radio frequency attacks to an all-time high.