The Fed Mission Success Round Up: Asset Management, TIC 3.0, Cloud Computing, and More in Federal Agencies

Monday September 27, 2021

Welcome to the Fed Mission Success News Round Up brought to you by Makpar. Each week, we will provide a summary of actionable news and insights to help aid in overall mission success for Federal agency IT decision-makers and influencers.

Using Asset Management to Build a Foundation For Zero Trust

The recent zero-trust mandate is challenging Federal IT teams to understand their security posture and maintain continuous visibility into their assets and users. This is compounded by a changing workplace landscape, the increased need for user access to software-as-a-services technologies, and the modification or addition of different end-user devices.

CISA Issues Promised Draft Guidance Aligning TIC 3.0 With Federal Ipv6 Mandate

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency enhanced its Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 program to support the implementation of IPv6 across all Federal IT systems with guidance issued Thursday.

NDAA Roundup: Senate Bill Places Deep Focus on Cyber, IT And AI

The Senate Armed Services Committee filed its final version of the annual defense policy bill, which would authorize $768 billion in spending on defense that prioritizes the modernization of the military’s IT and cybersecurity capabilities, including the approval of an additional $286 million in cyber spending across the Department of Defense.

DOD Makes Progress on Cloud Migration, Data Center Closures

The Pentagon is racing to complete significant cloud migrations and data center closures. The department is also standing up a new IT portfolio management capability, which in theory should enable the DOD to better align its IT investments with mission priorities.

Grants Management Shared Services Marketplace Set to Launch by End of 2021

The office in charge of building a governmentwide shared services ecosystem for grants management plans to launch a new website and marketplace by the end of 2021 and have all Federal service providers onboarded by mid-year.

Commerce Seeks Comment to Implement Trump Cybersecurity Order on Logging Foreign Actors 

The Commerce Department wants feedback on how it should shape rules for infrastructure-as-a-service providers to protect against foreign cyber threats.

Biden Calls for 'United Response' to Emerging Tech, Cyber Warfare in U.N. Speech

President Joe Biden used portions of his 30-minute speech before the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday to call for partnerships among Democratic allies to address challenges posed by emerging technologies and the evolution of cyber warfare in what he hopes will be an era of “relentless diplomacy.”

Learn to Use Data or Risk Dying in Battle, New Army Project Teaches

Project Ridgway pushes soldiers to use—and even create—the artificial-intelligence tools that will confer military advantage.

The Benefits of Endpoint Detection and Response Tools in the Federal Government

Federal agencies are ramping up efforts to implement endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems as required by President Joe Biden’s May 12 executive order on cybersecurity.

From the Makpar Blog …

In case you missed it, here are our latest blog posts: 

• Internal Revenue Services Enhances Compute Power to Bolster Fraud Detection Efforts

• A Practical Cloud Migration Guide for Government: How to Eat the "Migration Elephant" One Bite at a Time

• The 5 “Whys” for Stronger Cyber Security Governance at Federal Agencies

• Makpar’s Pragmatic Agile Approach to Developing Its Fraud Detection Analytics Dashboard

• OPINION: Mentor-Protégé Programs Bring Further Value to Government

• PODCAST: A Deeper Look at Makpar’s Fraud Detection Analytics Dashboard

• How Data Virtualization Saves Agencies Significant Resources

• Beyond Passwords: Identity Access Management in the Digital Age

• Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Asian Immigrant Contributions to Tech

• Tips for Remote Agile Scrum Ceremonies: How to Optimize for Success

• Agile Transformation

• Increasing Federal IT Efficiency: How to Streamline the ATO Process Leveraging DevSecOps

• Tackling the Challenges of Big Data for Federal Agencies

• How Agencies Can Score Quick Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Victories

• PODCAST: How the Federal Government can Overcome Barriers to Agile Transformation

• CIO-SP4 BPA, BIC MAC, and POLARIS Contracts to Drive Further Government Innovation

• Makpar Applauds Appointment of First Native American U.S. Cabinet Member

• The Cybersecurity Framework That Keeps You and Your Family Safe as You Access Your IRS Records for Stimulus Checks

• Data Security Win: Virginia is Second State in U.S. to Pass Data Protection Legislation

• How Decentralized Decision Making Can Help Federal Agencies Adopt a More Agile Practice

• 4 Ways to Migrate a Workload to the Cloud for Federal Government Agencies

• PODCAST: The SolarWinds Breach Points to Need for Cyber Fundamentals

• In Response to The SolarWinds Breach: The Need to Return to Cybersecurity Fundamentals.

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• Breaking Down Cultural Barriers to Cloud Adoption for Federal Government Agencies

• Cybersecurity Best Practices for Federal Agencies, Small/Medium Businesses, and Individuals

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