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A tale of two agencies trying to implement a new electronic health record

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department is delaying the launch of its EHR in certain areas, while the Defense Department’s is moving right along.
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USDA has been trying to consolidate 17 networks for a decade, now it has the money to do it

The Technology Modernization Fund Board made three awards to USDA, DHS and FTC for a total of $94.8 million for network and cyber efforts.
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Report: The slow destruction of the defense industrial base

Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf  to discuss The Slow Destruction of the Defense Industrial Base, a report Schwartz co-authored with Michelle Johnson from the Naval Postgraduate School.
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BrandPost: The 3 Requirements of a Multi-Cloud IT Infrastructure

Every once in a while, you run across an article of clothing like a rain poncho or wrap-around skirts with a tag that says, “one size fits all” or “one size fits most.” In theory, the garment fits most average-sized people. But even if you’re wearing what is effectively a tent, one size never fits all. People are all different shapes and sizes, so that medium-sized poncho will leave the six-foot-tall person soaked while the five-foot-tall person is dragging it through the mud. Whether it’s clothing or technology, there’s no such thing as one size fits all. Although it has taken a while, most organizations have moved beyond a “one cloud fits all” approach and use two or more clouds to achieve their desired business outcomes or as a necessity to bridge the old with the new, running critical legacy on-premises while migrating to cloud where possible.  Some organizations might pursue a multi-cloud approach to increase redundancy and resiliency and decrease costs and their reliance on a single provider. To read this article in full, please click here
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New IG report shows why the Pentagon can sometimes have buyer’s remorse

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department wasted an estimated $5 million in a single year by buying items it already had in its inventory.
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Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2022, part 1

Infosecurity Europe 2022 opened its doors today at the ExCeL in London. Here’s a look at the event, the featured vendors are: Arctic Wolf Networks, Bridewell, Checkmarx, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Hornetsecurity, (ISC)², Mimecast, Netskope, OneTrust, and Splunk. The post Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2022, part 1 appeared first on Help Net Security.
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