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How NIST helps facial recognition make better matches

The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Face Recognition Vendor Test evaluates the algorithms used in facial recognition technologies.
Estonia experiments with blockchain, smart services and 'data embassies'

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid discussed how the country's digital service and security efforts serve its citizens.
Crypto crumpling could solve the encryption conundrum

Researchers have found a way to maximize user privacy while still giving governments "exceptional access" to encrypted data.
It's time for a new approach to segmentation

Inserting a trust-aware boundary between corporate access networks and servers creates zero-trust partitions that strands adversaries before they can reach critical assets.
Alabama governor signs data breach notification law

With the new measure requiring residents be informed with 45 days of a data breach, Alabama becomes the 50th state to enact a consumer data breach notification law.
The next link in the (block)chain

The Blockchain Playbook can help agencies move forward with development and deployment of the distributed-ledger technology for their specific use cases.
CUI compliance: The proxy approach

If controlled unclassified information can be consolidated onto an isolated, protected network, applying a single point proxy can accelerate and simplify compliance.
Competing to defend the energy grid

The Department of Energy is holding a competition requiring participants to build and defend a grid against adversaries.
New York secures its public Wi-Fi

NYC Secure will protect the city's public Wi-Fi networks with a DNS security service and offer a free city-sponsored smartphone app to alert users when suspicious activity is detected on their mobile devices.
Elections commission announces security funding

For the first time in eight years, states are getting a financial infusion to improve their elections infrastructure ahead of the 2018 elections.
California develops its own cybersecurity metrics

The California Cybersecurity Maturity Metrics are designed to help state agencies evaluate their risk postures through qualitative and quantitative measures.
Trump-approved budget short on election security, counties say

The funding is certainly welcomed by local election officials, but many of them warn it falls far short of what they need to deal with security challenges ahead of the midterm elections in November.
Protecting election registration sites from cyber intrusions

The Albert network monitoring solution provides automated alerts on both traditional and advanced network threats.
Indiana's risk-based strategy for tax fraud detection

With tax day less than three weeks away, the Indiana Department of Revenue is utilizing fraud analytics to detect anomalies in returns.

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Security in the Cloud: Moving Beyond Compliance

Creating a fully compliant cloud-based system is hard enough, but even that doesn’t go far enough to ensure security. As federal agencies are migrating to the cloud, some are learning best methods for creating a cloud-based security model they can trust...
IT Consolidation: What's Next for Government Modernization Initiatives?

IT consolidation has been a high-priority federal initiative for years. While the value is clear, it’s critical for federal IT pros to understand a key piece of the equation: to realize the full value, agencies must also consolidate their ITOM tools.
Case Study: City of Fayetteville

What if you could find out what animals needed attention at the animal shelter, which sporting equipment was used most frequently in the city gym, which parking garage spaces were available most often, and when traffic was the busiest around city hall — all in a matter of minutes, from anywhere? Although this may sound futuristic, government organizations, like the city of Fayetteville, are already using technology to solve for these questions, and much more.