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Mobile computing, primarily smartphones and tablets, is one of the most disruptive technologies today. Increasingly sophisticated portable personal computers are providing unprecedented opportunities to work from anywhere and access solutions wherever and whenever they are needed, leading to great productivity gains. Yet mobile computing in the enterprise also brings security risks by introducing many new attack vectors such as outside … [Read more...]
The Office of Consular Systems and Technology (CST) leads the State Department's IT efforts. This is an amazing organization that has been delivering high quality, high throughput systems and solutions for years. This group really is our first line of defense against threat actors so we should all be thankful the team here performs at this level. Don't just take our word for it. Consider the incredible amount of recognition this small team has … [Read more...]
I'm hoping to run into CTOvision.com readers at the upcoming AFCEA Fall Intelligence Symposium. This conference is already sold out (they have a track record of always being standing room only events). If you can't be there perhaps you can track down someone who is going and get a debrief from them on how it goes. It will be very hard for me to print info here from the conference because of the classification the event runs at. But, if I find a … [Read more...]
On September 15th, 2010, The Honorable John G. Grimes was presented with the AFCEA David Sarnoff Award. This award was established by AFCEA as the organization's highest honor, to recognize individuals who have made lasting and significant contributions to global peace. Recipients have demonstrated a sustained and personal commitment to furthering communications, electronics, and information technologies toward achieving a more secure tomorrow. More … [Read more...]
FYI, in case your schedule will allow us to connect in person I wanted to update you on a few events I plan on being at over the next few weeks. The Advanced Technical Intelligence Association TECHINT conference will be held 9-11 Dec 2008. This conference focuses on the technical dimensions of intelligence, and has a theme of "integrated performance." The theme refers to the need to integrate capabilities from all the agencies engaged in national … [Read more...]