Keith’s note: according to a NASA OIG report: “The Geospatial Data Act seeks to foster efficient, government-wide management of geospatial dataâinformation identifying the geographic location and characteristics of natural or […]
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OIG: NASA Cybersecurity Is Still Lacking
Keith’s note: according to this NASA OIG report: “The Federal Information Security Modernization Act requires the Office of Inspector General to conduct an annual evaluation of NASAâs information security program. […]
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The NASA CIO Still Has A Lot Of Things To Fix
Keith’s note: According to this GAO report: “Chief Information Officer Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration“: “NASA needs to take additional steps to secure the information systems it uses […]
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NASA is Blaming NASAWatch For Town Hall Web Issues
Keith’s note: Looks like NASA HQ is upset with me because I posted text of an email that multiple employees sent me with links that were included got overloaded. No […]
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OIG Report: NASA IT Security Still Falls Short
Keith’s note: according to the NASA OIG report Evaluation of NASAâs Information Security Program under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: “The Federal Information Security Modernization […]
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NASA Center for Climate Simulation Mass Storage System Decommission
Keith’s note: the following was sent out to users of the NCCS MSS – NASA Center for Climate Simulation MSS (Mass Storage System) managed out of NASA Goddard: (more below)
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Mike Witt Is Leaving NASA
Keith’s note: Mike Witt, NASAâs Senior Agency Information Security Officer (SAISO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Cybersecurity and Privacy is leaving the agency shortly. Best wishes, Mike.
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Yet Another Report On How Broken NASA IT Security Is
Keith’s note: here we go again. A new GAO report: Cybersecurity: NASA Needs to Fully Implement Risk Management is out. Yawn. Once a year GAO, NASA OIG, or some other […]
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Congress Wants Answers: Unqualified DOGE Personnel Access To NASA IT
Keith’s note: According to this press release “Committee Leaders Demand Answers from NASA on DOGE Access After the Agency Refuses to Comply with Investigation“ specific instances of DOGE employees (who […]
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DOGE Arrives At NASA Glenn
Keith’s note: Update from NASA GRC: “DOGE has come to NASA Glenn. One contractor has been confirmed fired by DOGE. We’re scouring our WiFi and government computers and software for […]