The Defense Department Cloud Computing Strategy, Homeland Security Iris Scans, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Defense has released its Cloud Computing Strategy for transitioning to cloud services. More here. The Department of Homeland Security is exploring biometrics such as iris and facial scans for uses from law enforcement to the Trusted Traveler Program. More here. The Department of [...]

"What is Terracotta?"

Last week, Ryan provided a great summary of Terracotta’s capabilities.  Terracotta’s solutions help your applications scale to a growing user base and handle Big Data without massive costs or diminishing performance. The video above provides a brief introduction that makes it easy to understand how they accomplish this. Terracotta also produced a video on what [...]

Sumo Logic: Make Your Applications Run Longer & Stronger

Sumo Logic provides the first cloud-based log management and analytics solutionand removes the headaches associated with on-premise log management software, expensive hardware, complex management, and frequent software upgrades. Collect Any Log from Any Source Collect, compress, and securely transfer all of your log data regardless of volume, type, or location: Local or remote log files [...]

Attacks on Industrial Control Systems Spike, Air Force Smartphone Games for New Recruits, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team within the Department of Homeland Security reports a a 20-fold leap in the number of incidents since the team was created in 2009. More here. The Homeland Security Infrastructure Program gave Colorado authorities fighting deadly wildfires access to sensitive data [...]

Terracotta: Snap in solutions for application scale and speed

Terracotta is a silicon valley firm with incredible capabilities centered around enhancing computer system performance. Terracotta is the company behind some of the most widely used software for application scalability, availability and performance. Their software is deployed in more than 500,000 installations, including by the majority of the Fortune 2000. Terracotta is a wholly-owned subsidiary [...]

A Drone App Store, the Department of Defense Mobile Strategy, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will fund research into how the brain connects concepts in order to build better analysis tools. More here. The Department of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics directorate is looking to create an Unmanned Aerial Systems  ”app store” for mission-specific capabilities. More here. The [...]