Category: Federal IT

As a former senior manager over various organizations and missions, I recall using the New Year’s holiday to reflect upon my professional performance.  The change to the new year brought consideration of key business processes within my organization that could use increased attention in the coming year.  As we view 2019 in the rear-view, no-doubt […]

At a recent Association of the U.S. Army event, Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford, the Army’s CIO, outlined a new strategy to modernize the Army’s IT.  The strategy is intended to better leverage its considerable information assets securely and rapidly against our nation’s adversaries.  The strategy is vital given the alarming rise in advanced IT and […]

As a former Federal Facilities Security Officer (FSO), Program Security Manager (PSM), Counterintelligence agent, and executive responsible for Cyber Forensic programs, I have observed a recurring vulnerability to sensitive Federal data associated with legacy business software solutions. Despite increased budgets for Federal agency security Insider Threat and Counterintelligence (IT/CI) programs, exploitable vulnerabilities remain. That is […]

In early to mid-December 2018, the House and the Senate proposed a bill that was quickly signed by the President.  The Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 became law on December 17, 2018, amending The Small Business Act.  The principle change brought about by this new law is that it modifies the period the […]

The integrity of our election process has been the focus of many in recent years.  There is little argument that ensuring the reliability of our voting process is integral to the survival of our republic.  Regardless of jurisdiction, our voting process should be secure from hacker breaches and data manipulations.  Apparently, it’s not.  A recent […]