Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) — A new government open architecture acquisition process that can award contracts in weeks instead of years was tested here June 8-11. The process, called PlugFest, is an interactive industry event where companies get to “plug-in” to a given open system architecture […]

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123451615 6/23/2015 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International presented Hanscom Air Force Base’s Dr. Tim Rudolph, chief technology officer for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, with its Distinguished Award for Excellence in Information Technology during a ceremony at its Cyber Operations Symposium in Baltimore June 15. Rudolph was cited […]

http://disa.mil/News/Stories/2015/Strategic-Plan http://disa.mil/News/Stories/2015/~/media/Files/DISA/About/Strategic-Plan.pdf DISA Director Air Force Lt Gen Ronnie Hawkins released the agency’s updated strategic plan June 16. This version of the DISA Strategic Plan reiterates the agency’s mission and vision and also lays out an objective state: Assured, scalable, managed access to services and data In all environments At the point of need Provided from cost […]

Relevant link is at the end of  this post. The White House has directed all federal agencies to take a series of swift measures to lock down government systems, in the wake of a devastating hack that possibly delivered Chinese spies data that could compromise national security. A summary of the steps released late Friday evening does […]

The latest CONS3RT release brings all new Nessus vulnerability scanning and security enhancements. Detailed changes include: Cloud-independent recipes – Users can now define a single recipe to be used across registered clouds, eliminating any specific container dependency. Clearer error messages – More detail on issues encountered in the cloud during deployment runs. AWS Optimization – […]

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123449471 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs 6/1/2015 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — Battle Management’s Operations Command and Control Division is sponsoring the second annual Hanscom MilCloud Meeting and Training at the Jackpine Technologies facility in Maynard, Mass., June 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Program managers or cloud users wanting to learn more are welcome […]

Relevant links are at the end of this post. The Defense Department is instituting some efforts to curb insider threats, but those policies don’t go far enough beyond the bare-minimum standards, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. DoD components have instituted six minimum standards mandated in an executive order aimed at protecting classified […]

The second annual User Group Meeting and Training is being held on 17 June 2015. This meeting will provide an update on current Hanscom milCloud efforts and capabilities while exposing all users to the wide variety of applications, services and integration potential Hanscom milCloud has to offer your program now and moving forward. Everyone from […]

Relevant links are at the end of this post. The Defense Information Systems Agency on May 21 released a new Defense Department-wide framework standardizing IT services throughout the military. The goal of the new guidance is to streamline operations while improving cybersecurity and saving money, among other priorities. The DoD Enterprise Services Management Framework “provides guidance to […]

Relevant links are at the bottom of this post. Added: May 18, 2015 7:09 pm The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate (RI) – AFRL/RI, on behalf of the Undersecretary of the Air Force for Acquisition’s Office of Transformational Innovation (SAF/AQTI), is releasing this presolicitation notice to inform interested parties of a forthcoming solicitation, post […]