mobile devices

Cybersecurity Threats Haunting Federal Government

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Forget haunted houses, tacky Halloween costumes, and increasingly vitriolic campaign rhetoric. What’s scaring us the most this October? Cybersecurity threats – particularly those against the federal government.

Nearly every aspect of our modern lives is increasingly dependent on information technology systems and networks. Evolving cyber threats to our federal information systems have the potential to cause widespread power blackouts, put high-speed trains on collision courses, and compromise U.S. military intelligence, to name just a few frightening scenarios. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 22, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Wanted: 17,676 iPhones – For Use By Immigrations And Customs Employees

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UPDATED. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced it plans to buy iPhone services for more than 17,600 employees.

According to an Oct. 17 solicitation notice posted on FedBizOpps, a government procurement site, the immigration and customs division of the Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy Apple iPhone devices that are bundled into monthly plans for cellular phone service, Internet access for domestic and international coverage, and text messaging capabilities. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM

Smart Policies For Smartphones: Acceptable Online Activities During Work Hours

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I ‘m in Seoul, South Korea, this week for a Global e-Government Forum. Seoul is 13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, so for more than half the day, it’s tomorrow. But that’s not the only way that Seoul is in the future. The smell of kimchi mixes with the omnipresent electronica of smartphone rings and tablet notifications.

The Samsung building is visible from my hotel room, and its logo appears on at a majority of devices I’ve seen in this city. I’ve learned that this country is home to nearly 50 million people and 30 million smartphones, about 10% higher than smartphone usage in the U.S. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM

Mobile App Integrates Military Services

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A new mobile app from the National Military Family Association serves as a central resource to help military families navigate issues with children, deployments, education, and other challenges they face.

MyMilitaryLife offers personalized to-do lists and access to myriad resources to achieve goals. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Google Chairman Points To Dangerous Gap Between Culture, Technology

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It didn’t take long before discussion about technology and national security Wednesday turned to this week’s Taliban violence on a Pakistani teenager.

“When reached by cell phone the Taliban claimed credit,” said Google Chairman Eric Schmidt referring to critically-injured Malala Yousufzai. “We know their phone number? Hmm. Why don’t we know where they are?” Keep reading →

 /  Published October 12, 2012 at 11:30 AM

What The White House Learned From LinkedIn And The Use Of Big Data

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One of the best presentations at the recent Big Data Innovation Summit in Boston was by LinkedIn Senior Data Scientist Yael Garten. Garten, who leads LinkedIn’s Mobile Data Analytics team, in a presentation entitled Data Infused Product Design & Insights at LinkedIn provided a glimpse of how big data is used by LinkedIn to explore usage patterns, on mobile devices, for instance.

This is a challenge facing the US Government in the new Digital Government Strategy: namely delivering existing web sites and database information — and eventually the types of big data results that the intelligence and scientific communities have — so that mobile devices can access that information from supercomputers.

For those who haven’t kept up with LinkedIn’s progress of late: It’s mission is to “connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.” Here are a few facts at glance, from Garten’s presentation: Keep reading →

 /  Published October 11, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Study: Is Email Encryption An Asset Or Liability?

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Despite encryption, a study released today identifies standard email as the number one way unauthorized data leaves a federal agency.

According to the study, 80% of Federal information security managers fear data loss through encrypted email, and 58% state that encryption makes it harder to detect data leaving. Keep reading →

 /  Published October 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM

A Vision Beyond BlackBerries

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For all the progress federal agencies have made toward mobile technology, CIOs still long for industry innovation that leads to a secure, virtual solution for devices other than BlackBerries.

The sentiment came through at a panel discussion Tuesday moderated by Rick Holgate at the Telework Exchange’s Fall 2012 Town Hall Meeting in Washington, D.C. Holgate is chief information officer at the Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 25, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Feds Weigh Pros And Cons Of Apple’s New Mobile iOS 6

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While iPhone aficionados may have to wait three to four more weeks to get their hands on the new iPhone 5, Apple officially released it latest mobile operating system, iOS 6, today. And that meant federal IT executives had yet another new mobile issue to contend with as they began in earnest to evaluate how the new operating system, which boasts 200 enhancements, might impact the growing use of Apple devices across the federal government.

“I think it’s safe to say that these continually improving and expanding features are a key reason why government workers find consumer mobile devices in general – and iOS devices in particular – so compelling for use in accomplishing their missions,” said Dr. Rick Holgate, assistant director for science and technology and chief information officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). Keep reading →

 /  Published September 19, 2012 at 12:19 PM

Ten Steps To Creating Insanely Great Mobile Apps

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Fueled by the widespread adoption of increasingly powerful mobile devices, we are in the midst of one of the most exciting technology eras ever. Half of American adults now own smartphones and over 20% are already using tablets. This pace of adoption is unprecedented as the first Apple iPhone was only introduced five years ago with the Apple iPad arriving in just the past two years.

The rapid emergence of this mass market has shattered the cost constraints for going mobile for every organization, including government agencies. For a technology geek like myself, what’s most exciting is the opportunity this creates to untether knowledge workers from the desktop so that they can be equally effective in the field. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM
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