Technically Speaking

To enhance federal cybersecurity, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S. Carolina, introduced the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025 (H.R. 872) on January 31, 2025. A similar bill introduced the previous year stalled in the Senate. This bill aims to close a critical gap in federal cybersecurity standards by ensuring that all federal contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure policy consistent with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, cosponsors the bill.

In the first week of his administration, President Trump issued the “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” executive order (EO).

On April 3, 2025, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint cybersecurity advisory alongside the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre on a cyberattack technique known as “fast flux.”  In a cyberattack using fast flux, cyber attackers rapidly change Domain Name System (DNS) records to obscure the locations of malicious servers and create resilient command and control (C2) infrastructure, thereb

In March 2025, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released its FY25-FY27 data strategy. The strategy consists of three lines of effort (LOE) and follows DISA’s Data Strategy Implementation Plan for FY 2022-2024. IT Companies interested in contracting with DISA should be aware of the data strategy as the strategy will influence DISA’s IT procurement decisions over the next two years.

Workforce Updates and ImplicationsLast month, I discussed workforce reduction as it began to play out across agencies. Since then, we’ve seen an acceleration of additional cuts, as departments have been tasked with providing the White House their intended comprehensive plans for a reduction in force by the week ending March 14, while further federal guidance has more recently directed the Department of Education and VA to lay off additional personnel as well.

For Ryan Lindeman, teamwork isn’t just a workplace philosophy – it’s a way of life. A former collegiate baseball player, Ryan understands the importance of collaboration, strategy and always showing up with a winning attitude. In his current role as a Senior Marketing Program Manager, Public Sector at TD SYNNEX Public Sector, Ryan brings that same competitive spirit and team-first mindset to helping IT vendors maximize their public sector growth.