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DARPA looks to guard the air gap

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for security that can better track and protect sensitive data as it moves from highly secure systems to insecure ones.

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Amazon gets a win JEDI court battle

Amazon Web Services was able to successfully block an effort by Oracle to have its in-house counsel included in information protected under a court order.

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Why national security depends on thorough pentesting training

To effectively defend itself from attacks going forward, the Defense Department must look to hands-on, practical training programs to further develop its internal pentesting skill set.

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Army awards part 2 of $7B HR support contract

The Army makes large business awards against its $7 billion human resources support contract.

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Air Force wraps up third bug bounty program

Hack the Air Force 3.0 uncovered 130 vulnerabilities in public-facing websites and services.

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Army looks to improve training simulations with intelligent automation

The Army Research Lab wants to reduce the manpower needed to design and run large-scale simulation-based training events.

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Deadline extended for Fed 100 nominations

You now have until Friday, Jan. 4, to get them in. Happy holidays!

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DISA awards $323M processing contract

Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins a $323.9 million processor capacity services contract with DISA.

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The 2019 Federal 100: Nominate today!

Help FCW find the individuals having the biggest impact in defense IT.

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Amazon Web Services joins JEDI lawsuit as defendant

The cloud service provider said it could not rely on DOD to defend its equities in the case.

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DOD on track to take over background checks

The Pentagon is readying to absorb the National Background Investigations Bureau ahead of an anticipated executive order.

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Second JEDI protest dismissed

Amazon Web Services moved to intervene in Oracle's lawsuit over the Defense Department's JEDI cloud buy, as the Government Accountability Office dismissed IBM's pre-award protest over the same procurement.

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Deasy: AI and big data are driving cloud push

In a congressional update on AI investments, Defense Department CIO Dana Deasy explains linkages to enterprise cloud.

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High-tech polymer could better protect against chemical weapons

To help alert troops to chemical attacks, researchers are working to incorporate sensors into clothing that can detect chemical agents in the air.

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New report shows challenges of modernizing DOD's supply chain management

Even as DOD seems to be full-steam ahead on modernization, sustainment spending continues to loom large for supply chain management and legacy market players do there as well.

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JEDI acquisition challenged in Court of Federal Claims

After losing out in a Government Accountability Office bid protest, Oracle is taking its case against the Pentagon's proposed $10 billion, 10-year cloud infrastructure deal to federal court.

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DISA looks to upgrade VPN offerings

The agency is working toward automated provisioning for VPN services through Storefront.

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Report: AI strategy essential for future defense

A national strategy for artificial intelligence will boost the nation's competitiveness, support defense capabilities and spur AI adoption, according to a recent report from the Center for Data Innovation.

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Supply chain risk in the spotlight

The National Risk Management Center at the Department of Homeland Security plans to have lists of national critical functions and supply chain priorities in place by January.

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Windows 10 migration hits the home stretch

The Defense Department is sending the message that it doesn't want to pay for expensive out-of-support operating system solutions.