A view of the Internal Revenue Service building. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) Tax watchdog says IRS hasn’t completed key IPv6 modernization requirements The agency hasn’t met some federal requirements for the transition to IPv6, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found. Sep 25, 2024 By Matt Bracken
Members of the Secret Service arrive to board Air Force One to escort US President Donald Trump at Andrews Air Force Base May 4, 2017 in Maryland. Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images. Secret Service needs to make key improvements to zero trust effort says watchdog GAO says the agency should adopt IPv6 for its public-facing systems and update its zero-trust architecture implementation plans. Nov 29, 2022 By Nihal Krishan
The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, home of the Office of Management and Budget. (Getty Images) Agencies behind on IPv6 likely to attract OMB’s attention, says task force chief Federal IPv6 Task Force Chair Robert Sears says agencies on track to miss required transition deadlines will be more closely monitored. Oct 27, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
An attendee wears sunglasses promoting IPv6 at the opening of the Internet Governance Forum on November 26, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) Federal IPv6 Task Force preparing transition plan guidance Step one focuses on forming an agency's transition team. Feb 11, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
(Scoop News Group photo) CISA releases finalized IPv6 security considerations for TIC 3.0 implementation The new guidance explains how the transition will affect network management operations. Jan 21, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir
An attendee wears sunglasses promoting IPv6 at the opening of the Internet Governance Forum on November 26, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) CISA issues promised draft guidance aligning TIC 3.0 with federal IPv6 mandate In it the agency proposes mitigations for potential conflicts between IPv6 and TIC 3.0. Sep 23, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
(Scoop News Group) GSA stresses agencies align IPv6 and zero-trust plans ahead of next week’s deadline Agencies have until next week to submit their zero-trust architecture implementation plans, per President Biden's cybersecurity executive order. Jul 13, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
An attendee wears sunglasses promoting IPv6 at the opening of the Internet Governance Forum on November 26, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images) Officials urge agencies to coordinate their IPv6 and zero-trust plans Agencies' IPv6 implementation plans are due before the end of fiscal 2021. Jun 16, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
(Scoop News Group) IPv6 is now the standard for federal agencies’ internet traffic It'll be awhile before the government moves entirely away from the older IPv4 standard, but OMB has now set specific milestones and deadlines. Nov 20, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
Suzette Kent speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group) OMB issues another draft memo pushing IPv6, but will agencies react this time? The White House is clear about what it wants, but the switch to IPv6 has been in the works for a long time already. Mar 3, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir