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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

September 12, 2012

October 2012 marks the ninth annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This year's theme, "Our Shared Responsibility," aims to amplify the importance for all Internet users to do their part in making the Internet safer.

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Printing Fact #3: Office Equipment: How to Reduce Energy Consumption

September 4, 2012

The Department of the Navy values energy as a strategic resource. One of the DON's major initiatives is to become more energy efficient. There is much to do from an information technology perspective to accomplish this. Office equipment such as computers, printers, fax machines and copiers consume energy even when not in use. By simply using efficient equipment and turning them off when not in use, the DON can significantly reduce its energy consumption. ...

Share Your Cost Savings Ideas

September 3, 2012

If you have good ideas on how to save money through improving management of the Department of the Navy's IT, improving existing processes through insertion of IT or changing existing processes to save money, the DON Chief Information Officer would like to know.

Master's and Doctorate Level Scholarships Available to DON Personnel

August 24, 2012

Scholarships are being offered for Department of the Navy civilian and military personnel through the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program to meet the increasing demand for cyber/information technology professionals with a cybersecurity/information assurance (CS/IA) focus. These scholarships for master's and doctorate level work cover the cost of tuition, fees, and books. They can be used for degrees in Biometrics, Computer Science, Computer Crime Investigation, Computer Engineering, Computer Programming, Cyber Operations, Digital and Multimedia Forensics, Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Business Management or Administration, and other areas with a CS/IA concentration.

A Landfill is No Place for PII

by Steve Muck - August 15, 2012

The following is a recently reported personally identifiable information (PII) data breach. Names have been changed or omitted, but details are factual and based on reports sent to the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Privacy Office.

Increasing the Dynamic of Spectrum Access

by Thomas Kidd - August 13, 2012

The final step in the dynamic federal agency spectrum access process within the United States is receiving a radio frequency assignment from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. This notification from the assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information is required for federal spectrum-dependent systems to operate within the United States. The Code of Federal Regulations Title 47 Part 300, also known as the "Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management," establishes this requirement for all spectrum-dependent systems operated by the federal government.

New Integrated Product Team to Promote DON Mobility

by Dan Delgrosso and Mike Hernon - August 13, 2012

The Department of the Navy Enterprise Mobility Integrated Product Team charter was signed by Terry Halvorsen,DON Chief Information Officer, May 15, 2012. The charter defines the process that the enterprise will adopt to assess and enhance the DON's mobility capabilities using wireless and other remote connectivity options.

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Data as a Critical DON Asset

July 27, 2012

We all save an overabundance of mementos from the past — whether it is a favorite blanket from grandma, a box full of baseball cards (unfortunately, not a Tug McGraw or Ted Williams rookie card in the mix), or 20-year-old report cards. While it may be comforting to know that we can always find a particular item; in reality, is that box of baseball cards valuable enough to keep around? We, as a department, have long suffered from the same need to be comforted by storing an overabundance of data. However, the value of that data is not understood, and the data itself is not treated well. Like our crammed attics, the department's data is not organized: there is duplicate data in different places and some data are really just mementos from the past.

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The DoD Identification Number as PII

July 26, 2012

For many years, the Electronic Data Interchange-Personal Identifier (EDI-PI) has been a unique identifier for personnel affiliated with the Department of Defense. Until recently, it was used only by DoD information systems to facilitate machine-to-machine communications and appeared in digital signatures. When the EDI-PI was selected to become the DoD identification number, the purpose of the identifier changed.

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