Keith’s note: If you go to this NASA CIO page “Security Requirements & Policies” you will see that they list all of their directives and memos but you cannot download […]
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NASA's Chief Information Officer Is Not Doing Their Job (Update)
Audit of NASA’s Information Technology Supply Chain Risk Management , NASA OIG “While NASA has improved its supply chain risk management efforts since the process was first mandated in 2013, […]
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Warning: NASA Employees: Do Not Take Your Government Phone Outside The U.S.
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone, The Verge “Seemingly, Bikkannavar’s reentry into the country should not have raised any flags. Not only […]
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NASA Still Has No Effective Information Security Program
Final Memorandum, Federal Information Security Modernization Act: Fiscal Year 2016 Evaluation (IG-17-002; A-16-009-00)* “*In preparation for public release, selected portions of this report containing sensitive security information have been redacted […]
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NASA Information Security Is Still Broken
Follow-up Evaluation of NASA’s Implementation of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, NASA OIG “Although NASA has taken steps to implement our prior recommendations, we continued to identify inconsistencies […]
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NASA CIO Drops The Ball On ACES Authorization
NASA’s ‘act of desperation’ demonstrates continued cyber deficiencies, Federal News Radio “One of NASA’s main networks used by almost every employee and contractor and managed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise is […]
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NASA's New Research Result Portal
NASA Unveils New Public Web Portal for Research Results “Public access to NASA-funded research data now is just a click away, with the launch of a new agency public access […]
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NASA Has A New Chief Information Security Officer
NASA hires cyber mainstay as CISO, FedScoop “NASA CIO Renee Wynn selected [Jeanette] Hanna-Ruiz to officially begin on Aug. 8 after spending 20 years in public sector information security positions, […]
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Someone Hacked @NASAKepler
NASA Kepler Twitter Account Hacked, Tweets Sexy Butt, io9 “The official Twitter account for NASA’s Kepler, which surveys parts of the Milky Way Galaxy in search for hospitable planets, just […]
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Major Security Issues Remain Within NASA IT Systems
Widespread neglect puts NASA’s networks in jeopardy, Federal News Radio “The most heralded federal agency is in serious risk of a major cyber attack and no one seems to care. […]