Track Mega-Trends in National Security with new KippsDeSanto Corporate Web Site

MissionLink is one of many collegial activities supported by KippsDeSanto

KippsDeSanto is an investment banking firm with an outstanding reputation in the national security and advanced technology sectors. The leadership of the firm have demonstrated a proven commitment to community building and in doing so have built a very virtuous system that delivers value to a wide range of stakeholders. Every person I've ever met from KippsDeSanto has been a sharp, honest, hard-working, results oriented professional. It is great seeing … [Read more...]

Announcing the CTOlabs.com YouTube Channel

CTOlabs.com Youtube channel is up!

Dear Readers, With this post I would like to alert you to a new resource that we hope will become part of your self training and education activities, a YouTube Channel for CTOlabs.com. Our channel is a place where we can pull together videos we upload or videos we have found uploaded from others that we either add to collections or "favorite" to bring to your attention. You can view these videos like any other YouTube content, and can also make … [Read more...]

A Discussion About Computer Network Operations

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In a networked world, as in the rest of the world, we have to keep ourselves protected from attacks.  The problem is, this networked world actually exists in a different domain than we are historically used to fighting in.  Of course, I am talking about the cyber domain.  The United States has long enjoyed a distinct military advantage in controlling the four traditional domains of air, space, ground, and land.  But the cyber domain is the only one … [Read more...]

The U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace

Department of State: Critical to US International Cyber Strategy

Cyberspace is interconnected technology. It is everywhere. It is an ecosystem with many stakeholders and literally billions of actors. The rise of Cyberspace as a capability has already changed us in many ways, and for years it has been having an impact on the nation's strategy. Now, after some great staffing and planning by some of the sharpest minds in our nation and after coordination with allies, industry, academia and scores of thought leaders, a … [Read more...]

Interested in Cyber Security? Read (and support) the new Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal

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On 12 May 2011 the Obama Administration unveiled its cybersecurity legislative proposal. The entire proposal is available for your review at this link: cybersecurity legislative proposal. But I most strongly recommend you read the context provided by the government's Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President Howard Schmidt first. Howard provided a clear introduction to this legislation that includes a framework that will make … [Read more...]

Thetus’ Savanna Analytical Tool

A requirement I believe all should have for analytical frameworks: It should be as easy to get data and analysis out of the tool as it is to get data and analysis into the tool. Sounds simple, but the fact is we have to keep that requirement in mind when evaluating tools these days.  There are some very famous capabilities today that seek to lock organizations into their framework and their proprietary toolsets in ways that are not good for the mission … [Read more...]

How is the DoDIIS Conference Going?

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Several of the CTOvision.com/ Crucial Point team, including RyanKamauff, BobGourley, AlexOlesker,  have been at the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, immersing ourselves in presentations, attending demos, visiting technology providers and integrators on the expo floor, and networking with people we admire and respect. While here we have also been collecting video and photos of several key technologies.  We have also been summarizing technologies of … [Read more...]

Storm Clouds on the Horizon?

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This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. The recent Amazon cloud outage at its Northern Virginia data center will raise concerns among CIO’s looking to the “public cloud” to improve IT service delivery and reduce day-to-day operating costs.  Industry claims of superior “up-time” performance, reliability and massive redundancy must now be revisited and re-evaluated.  In these early days immediately following the outage, the … [Read more...]

CTOVision.com Monthly Tech Review

The CTOVision.com Monthly Tech Review provides a recap of the hottest technology trends in industry and government. You can sign up using the form below. We appreciate our subscribers and will never sell your e-mail. Our newsletter production system gives you easy ways to put your subscription on hold or unsubscribe if you desire. Please sign up and let us know what you think about our reporting and analysis. (We also produce the Government Big … [Read more...]