Cloud Computing. States Not Ready for IPv6, Experts Say. Experts on Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) believe states aren’t reacting urgently enough to last week’s announcement that all version 4 (IPv4) addresses have been distributed.
Because of this, existing websites will need to be modified to accept IPv6 or risk compatibility issues. “It just isn’t No. 1 on the radar scope — good or bad, it just isn’t,” said Alan Shark, executive director of the Public Technology Institute (PTI), a nonprofit that focuses on using IT to improve government services. IP addresses are the numeric identifiers that are assigned to every device connected to the Internet.
Last week, The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) announced that it had distributed the last set of IPv4 addresses. With the exhaustion of IPv4, the entire Internet needs to be upgraded to make all devices — including websites, smartphones, routers and networked gaming consoles — compatible for those who will be receiving IPv6 addresses from Internet service providers. SPOTLIGHT: Apps.gov will soon offer cloud-based services. Websense posts update on LizaMoon SQL injection malware campaign. AirPlay hack opens the door to streaming to any computer. EPA taps three applications for cloud migration. The Environmental Protection Agency has identified three programs to move to the cloud within the next 18 months.
One of the systems, a "managed, trusted Internet protocol service" was recently implemented and a consolidated help desk and email will follow, said Malcolm Jackson, chief information officer at EPA while speaking April 6 at an ACT-IAC event in Washington, D.C. The recently established, cloud-based security mechanism--the first of the three cloud applications--"allows our agency to leverage existing services provided by the General Services Administration and eliminate the operation and maintenance costs for the agency to deliver a trusted Internet connection on our own," explained Jackson.
EPA is also in the process of establishing internal cloud guidelines, said Jackson. Kundra: Federal CIOs need to decentralize mobile device ownership. Mobile devices could be the next information technology asset removed from the core of agency information technology budgets.
McClure warns of possible 'cloud first' culture clash. The shift to cloud-based technology across government promises many benefits, but the transition will be a cultural challenge, warned Dave McClure, associate administrator at the General Services Administration's office of citizen services and innovative technologies.
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Gladinet Cloud Desktop Starter Edition (32-bit) - Reviews and fr. Kundra: Cloud computing data sovereignty a matter for 'international law' Cloud computing adoption at federal agencies is no longer a question of "if," said Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra.
Bill would overhaul federal acquisition training. Bill would overhaul federal acquisition training Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation that would reorganize the federal acquisition training system and promote career development for those working within the civilian acquisition workforce.
By FederalSoup StaffApr 11, 2011 A bill now in the House and Senate would reorganize the federal acquisition training system and promote career development for those working within the civilian acquisition workforce. Davie: Cloud computing myths untrue. Cloud computing lends itself to hype, doubt and uncertainty, acknowledges Mary Davie, the General Services Administration assistant commissioner for the office of assisted acquisition, in a March 22 blog post.
But, with the Office of Management and Budget aggressively pushing cloud migration, Davie says she wants to dispel some persistent myths about cloud computing. Cloud computing is not, in fact, any new technology but has five essential characteristics, Davie says. NIST, GSA: Real cloud guidance by fall 2011. Before year end the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the General Services Administration will release concrete information that will assist agencies in adopting cloud computing technology.
NIST expects a first draft of a "Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap" to be published as an interagency report by the end of fiscal 2011, announced Dawn Leaf, senior executive for cloud computing at NIST, April 7 during a cloud computing workshop at the agency in Gaithersburg, Md. Since May 2010 NIST has held periodic workshops and managed working groups to define and advance cloud standards. Applications are new front in the battle for cybersecurity. McClure: GSA cloud migration 'inevitable' The General Services Administration adoption of cloud computing is "inevitable," said a GSA top official while speaking to an industry audience June 24.
"It's the speed and pace and direction that we're always uncertain of, but it's an inevitable move because the computing industry itself is moving in this direction," said Dave McClure, associate administrator for GSA's Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, during an INPUT-sponsored event. McClure told event attendees that he wants to consolidate data centers and better leverage what's already out there with an eye toward collaboration. "Everybody's familiar with Forge.mil, it's time to create Forge.gov," he said, referring to the Defense Information Systems Agency-hosted open source application collaborative development website. Cybersecurity news. Metrics matter in privacy engineering GAITHERSBURG, Md. – As the privacy field seeks greater precision in a bid to make technical implementation of privacy controls a possibility, it should be cautious about the metrics it adopts, warns a computer scientist.
Federal privacy advocates seek precision as a means for controls GAITHERSBURG, Md. – Privacy as a field lacks the precision of cybersecurity, leaving a gap when it comes to implementing specific protective measures, federal officials said today during a workshop at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Hagel pushes for Chinese reciprocation on cyber doctrine exchanges New U.S. openness regarding its military cyber doctrine is so far unreciprocated by China, say U.S. officials. US federal government: cloud first, but 'cloud' needs to be defined. Hacker breaks into Barracuda Networks database using SQL Injection. A hacker broke into a database of Barracuda Networks over the weekend via an SQL injection, using the access gained to extract the names, email addresses and contact numbers of partners and Barracuda customers.
The full details were then posted online, which includes the MD5 hashes of passwords belonging to partners and Barracuda staffers.