The Fed Mission Success Round Up: Upcoming Innovations in Federal Agencies

April 12, 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. 

USDA, Energy Taking a Page out of DoD’s IT, Cyber Playbooks

The Agriculture Department is currently creating software facilities to observe and enhance front end security. The next phase will be creating a security stack that incorporates planning, development, and deployment of the softwares created at the facility.

Balancing Act: How Next-Gen Load Balancers Boost Federal IT Modernization

Federal agencies need to rethink their network architectures for a more distributed workforce.

White House to Seek Industry Input on New Software Security Rules, NSC Official Says

The administration wants to make sure the private sector has the ability to weigh in on procurement standards in an impending executive order.

Pilot IRS Will Shift Focus to Key Technologies in 2021 Solicitations

Forthcoming solicitations will center on digitizing paper and poor-quality documents, high-speed scanning and automation tools.

Zero Trust Needed to ‘Act Faster’ Than Adversaries, Fed CISOs Say

As telework and cyber threats are both ever-increasing, the move to zero trust security concepts is needed as a generational shift in security strategy for Federal agencies to stay one step ahead of adversaries, cybersecurity experts said during FCW’s Zero Trust Workshop.

Two TIC 3.0 Use Cases Go Final

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released finalized versions of two Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) 3.0 use cases that Federal agencies can use to advance their security postures.

Treasury’s $1B Cloud Contract Aimed at Single Cloud Broker

Contracting officials released a new clarification document as the department continues preliminary work on a broad cloud management contract.

DISA Makes Progress on Deploying New Cloud Collaboration Tools

The Defense Information Systems Agency is onboarding users to a Microsoft-based platform for cloud-based office productivity.

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