Cybersecurity - GovFresh

Thoughts

Every government needs a web bot policy

Build your bot policy now and work with your digital team or vendor to implement it.

By Luke Fretwell

Cybersecurity standards for government websites

We need better guidance for a more secure digital government experience.

By Luke Fretwell

Podcast

Hack to the Future with Emily Crose

Government's history, relationship and evolution with hackers and hacking.

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How government can secure us in the internet+ era

The Government We Need talks with Bruce Schneier about internet+ security and government’s role in keeping us safe.

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Demos

Project ScanGov

Project ScanGov co-maintainer Luke Fretwell gives a demo of the latest updates.

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Briefs

Open source software

A brief-ish explainer of open source software.

Research

AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook

GovFresh research notes on the AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook.

Declaration for the Future of the Internet

GovFresh research notes on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet.

Public AI

GovFresh research notes on public artificial intelligence.

SOMOSA Act

GovFresh research notes on the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act.

AI and the U.S. federal government

GovFresh research notes on artificial intelligence and the U.S. government.

Open source

GovFresh research notes on open source software.

Open source security

GovFresh research notes on open source security.

GDPR

GovFresh research notes on General Data Protection Regulation.

OSCAL

GovFresh research notes on the Open Security Controls Assessment Language.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

GovFresh research notes on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.

FedRAMP

GovFresh research notes on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.

Signal

Hacking for defense: Connecting Silicon Valley innovation culture and mindset to the defense and intelligence communities

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January 26, 2016

Washington gives national security innovation a boost

Two good things just happened in Washington – these days that should be enough of a headline.

July 21, 2017

Coast Guard alert shows that even commercial vessel security is just basic government security

Based on recent cyber incidents aboard commercial vessels, the U.S. Coast Guard issued a security alert to vessel and facility owners and operators that is essentially basic security practices, even ones that could potentially save governments from the ransomware attacks we see happening more frequently.

July 9, 2019

In-Q-Tel wants to talk to people interested in open source software and national security

In-Q-Tel, the innovation and venture arm of the U.S. intelligence community, has published several open source themed posts recently, including "Toward Secure Code Reuse" and, most recently, one about GitGeo, a tool it developed that analyzes the geography of developers associated with a GitHub repository.

April 28, 2021

Books

Book cover of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

Labs

ScanGov

Government digital experience monitor