The Daily Scoop Podcast: October 20, 2021

On today’s episode of The Daily Scoop Podcast, General Dynamics has filed a bid to protest a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cloud contract award.

Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor and Venture Partner, Insight Partners and former U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer, explains how the U.S. Digital Corps is working to increase diversity and inclusion in the federal IT workforce.

Natalia Martin, Acting Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, joins CyberScoop Editor-in-Chief Jeff Stone during CyberWeek to discuss priorities at NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory.

Matthew Travis, CEO, CMMC Accreditation Body, joins FedScoop reporter Jackson Barnett during CyberWeek to break down what the defense industrial base should know about Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).

Peter Romness, Cybersecurity Programs Lead, U.S. Public Sector, Cisco Systems, shares insight on the recent cybersecurity push from the federal government and how agencies can leverage zero trust and dual-factor authentication. This interview was underwritten by Cisco Systems.

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