I recently appeared on a panel for Federal Times at their “The Next Chapter in Federal Cybersecurity: Continuous Monitoring & Identity Access for Secure Networks” breakfast event. I was joined by Deborah Gallagher, Director, Identity Assurance & Trusted Access Division, Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA and Paul Grant, Strategy Advisor for Cybersecurity, Defense Department, Office of the CIO. We didn’t get through all the questions so I thought I’d continue the conversation here.

This week in our government IT news roundup: Is Shadow IT Spinning Out of Control in Government; Automating Cybersecurity; DOD Cyber Architecture Takes Shape; Feds Need Cloud Procurement Standards

What is a Man-in-the-Middle attack and why is it so worrisome for cybersecurity experts? Josh defines it, offers examples, and explains why they're currently so devastating.

This week in Technically News: Buzzword Engineering, or The Curse of Nicholas Carr; DHS Says Stop Using Internet Explorer; Tech Council Blasts IT Acquisition Report; FBI warns Healthcare of Vulnerability to Cyberattacks; Pentagon Plays Catch-Up with Cloud Computing

Aneesh Chopra, former and first chief technology officer of the United States, sat down with Van Ristau, DLT Solutions’ own chief technology office to talk about the upcoming GovDefenders Online Event.

Last week, Dr. Ron Ross, keynote speaker at GovDefenders, sat down with DLT Solutions’ chief cloud technologist, David Blankenhorn, for a pre-event interview. Dr. Ross is a fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wherehis current focus areas include information security and risk management.

A couple weeks ago, SolarWinds released their newest federal IT cybersecurity survey. Chris LaPoint, VP Product Management, SolarWinds, was kind enough (as always) to talk with us about their findings and provide context to them.

This week in Technically News: Gartner: 10 Trends for Smarter Government; Middleware Integrates Systems Across Cloud, Internet of Things; Is Limiting Damage the Best Hope for Cybersecurity; Data Center Consolidation Best Practices: Lessons from the Trenches

Frequent Technically Speaking blogger Van Ristau, CTO at DLT Solutions, is this year’s moderator for the GovDefenders’ panel on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. He was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about it.

This week in Technically News: Red Hat Enables Linux Licenses to Migrate to Google Compute Engine; HHS CISO on Healthcare Cybersecurity; Wanted: Yelp For Government IT Contractors; State, Local Governments Turn Attention to Cybersecurity Capabilities; DLT Solutions Lands $35M Symantec Deal with U.S. Navy; DLT Solutions' Emphasis on Software And Services Rakes In $857.1 Million In Revenue For 2013