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Rob Palmer at the 2017 Public Sector Innovation Summit. (FedScoop)

Deputy CTO Rob Palmer leaving DHS

He will be joining a new cybersecurity services firm, ShorePoint.
John Wagner, Customs and Border Protection
John Wagner speaks Thursday at FedScoop’s Digital Nation Summit presented by SAP. (FedScoop)

CBP will implement long-mandated biometric exit at airports, official says

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is finally addressing the 15-year-old-plus legislative mandate to check the identity of departing foreign visitors using biometrics, CBP Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner…
YubiKey, Yubico, security keys
A try of YubiKeys, a popular form of multi-factor authentication. (Yubico)

The case for multi-factor authentication in NIST’s cyber framework

“Right now, you have a situation where Teen Vogue is recommending [two-factor identity authentication, or] 2FA and the [National Institute for Standards and Technology] Cybersecurity Framework isn’t."
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L-R Moderator Brian Dye of McAfee and panelists Frank Konieczny, USAF, Paul Pitelli, NSA, Claudio Belloli, GSA and Andy Brody, USDS.

Federal officials say their cybersecurity paradigm is changing

Technologies like cloud computing are changing the way federal agencies think about cybersecurity, with more emphasis on network resilience over perimeter security and an overriding need for…
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