NIST Asks Public to Help Future-Proof Electronic Information

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December 20, 2016 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is officially asking the public for help heading off a looming threat to information security: quantum computers, which could potentially break the encryption codes used to protect privacy in digital systems. NIST is requesting methods and strategies from the world’s cryptographers, with the deadline […]

People, not dollars, are the barriers to cloud migration, experts say

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FedScoop talked to more than five companies about what they think are the major roadblocks on the path to government cloud migration. Here’s what they said.   (Getty Images)   Las Vegas — From the constant talk in Washington of developing a federal fund to upgrade technology, one might think that cost is the major […]