Authority to Operate

DoD CIO looks ahead to ‘JWCC 2.0’ and next steps for cloud in 2024

DoD CIO John Sherman said the department is “firmly committed to multi-cloud, multi-vendor” solutions as it prepares to consider what comes after JWCC.

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Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)

Automating security assessments is a must: Steps to take

Commentary

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Evolving NIST project could help relieve ‘burden’ of software ATOs

Cybersecurity

VA CIO DelBene making the cyber gates a little higher, more well-rounded

Veterans Affairs

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First Look

DHS, DoD publish 5G security guidance to help agencies think through key ATO process

Cybersecurity

Pentagon outlines plan to make continuous ATOs the new ‘gold standard’ for cybersecurity

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USDA, Energy taking a page out of DoD’s IT, cyber playbooks

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DoD Cloud Exchange: Jeff Luckett, GDIT

Defense

DoD Cloud Exchange: Paul Puckett, Army

Defense

Navy reforming its IT security processes to approve new systems in a day

On DoD

When it comes to cyber authorizations, plagiarism is just fine for DHS

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Achieving authority to operate and risk management

Altaz Valani, the research director with Security Compass, and Hasan Yasar, the interim director at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon…

Commentary

Air Force joins growing list of agencies paving a new cyber-approval path

Air Force undersecretary and chief information officer Matt Donovan signed a memo March 22 detailing the new authority to operate (ATO) process that is…

Reporter's Notebook

Why the government is improving FedRAMP

Commentary

Michael Carter, the vice president for FedRAMP and assurance services for Coalfire, explains why the FedRAMP Reform Act would ease cloud adoption for agencies and CSP entry into government.