CIO, CTO & CISO
CIO: Cybersecurity, IT Centralization Are Focuses for Santa Clara County CIO. Nearly 11 months after former EPA CIO Ann Dunkin became Santa Clara County’s CIO, she reflects on an ongoing IT centralization and the importance of good “cyberhygiene.” Read more
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CTO: FCC’s Own Chief Technology Officer Warned About Net Neutrality Repeal. The Federal Communications Commission’s own chief technology officer expressed concern about Republican Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to repeal the net neutrality rules, saying it could lead to practices that are “not in the public interest.” Read more
[POLITICO.COM]
CISO: How Federal CISOs Can Make the Most of Security Resources They Have. Chief information security officers need to efficiently use the resources at hand while planning for the future. Read more.
[NEXTGOV.COM]
Q & A: Meet the Alumna Serving as Acting CIO of the United States. As acting chief information officer of the United States, University of Virginia alumna Margaret Graves oversees the vast web of technology that supports and protects the work of the federal government every day. It’s a big task and one to which Graves is deeply committed. Read more.
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NOW ON SLIDESHARE: Tech Update Summary from Blue Mountain Data Systems December 2017 https://www.slideshare.net/BMDS3416/tech-update-summary-from-blue-mountain-data-systems-december-2017.
IT SECURITY SUPPORT: Blue Mountain Data Systems is actively involved in implementing FISMA and NIST standards with Federal Civilian Agencies. Due to our extensive experience in this area, Blue Mountain has developed processes and organizational techniques to help ensure security deliverables are completed on time, and performed in the most efficient manner possible. We ensure that NIST-800-53 control requirements are treated consistently during definition, analysis, implementation, auditing, and reporting phases of a system. Find out more about Blue Mountain Data Systems IT Security Support Services. Call us at 703-502-3416.
BLUE MOUNTAIN DATA SYSTEMS HAS THE EXPERIENCE: 1994 to Present – U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration. Responsible to the Office of Technology and Information Systems for information systems architecture, planning, applications development, networking, administration and IT security, supporting the enforcement of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act — ERISA. Within the EBSA, Blue Mountain is responsible for design, development and support for its various enforcement database management systems, as well as all case tracking and customer service inquiry systems. Blue Mountain also provides IT security services to the EBSA, in the form of FISMA Assessment and Authorization, System Security Plans, Risk and vulnerability assessments, monitoring and investigation support. Read more.
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