Evanina: Combating China’s ‘Existential’ Cyber, Influence Threats Requires Post-9/11 Intensity
Eighty percent of U.S. adults have had all of their personal data stolen thanks to China's "persistent and unending resources." Keep Reading
Homeland Security Considering CMMC-Like Compliance Effort
In a special notice published Aug. 10, the agency seeks input on its nascent effort to improve industry compliance with existing and future cyber-hygiene requirements. Keep Reading
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Microsoft Says NSA Needs to Undo Its $10B Cloud Computing Contract with Amazon
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State Department Wants to Identify Small Businesses to Meet Current and Evolving IT Requirements
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Using SOCs and Cybersecurity Hubs to Prioritize Security Operations in a Critical Era
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The IWTSD identifies and develops capabilities for irregular warfare for numerous adversaries for the Department of Defense (DoD), Special Forces and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Keep Reading
An Escalating Threat: How Smart Buildings Can Fall Victim to a Cyber Attack
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State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security Selects CACI for Information Systems Contract
CACI International Inc has been awarded a five-year, $96 million task order by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) to develop, modernize and enhance its information systems. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Details Cyber Actions to Protect Marine Transportation System in More Complex Environment
The vulnerability of the critical maritime sector to cyber attack along with an evolving threat landscape underscore the need to apply tested risk management principles to guarding the cyber domain, according to the service's newly updated Cyber Strategic Outlook. Keep Reading
CISA Releases New Cyber Training Guide
This guide is a one-stop-shop for information and resources to help professionals start and/or advance their careers in cybersecurity through training. Keep Reading
CISA Launches New Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative
CISA is establishing the JCDC to integrate unique cyber capabilities across multiple federal agencies, many state and local governments, and countless private sector entities to achieve shared objectives. Keep Reading
Bipartisan Report Shows Federal Agencies’ Cybersecurity Failures Leaving Americans’ Personal Information at Risk
Since the 2019 Portman-Carper report evaluating the same eight agencies, only the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established an effective information security program. Keep Reading
CISA Announces New Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) Platform
The VDP Platform provides a single, centrally managed online website for agencies to list systems in scope for their vulnerability disclosure policies, enabling security researchers and members of the general public to find vulnerabilities in agency websites and submit reports for analysis. Keep Reading
DHS S&T Releases Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan identifies research S&T will conduct to understand the opportunities, as well as the risks, that accompany the rapidly changing AI/ML technology landscape and its impacts to DHS missions. Keep Reading
NIST Requests Information to Help Develop an AI Risk Management Framework
The draft AI RMF will answer a direction from Congress for NIST to develop the framework, and it also forms part of NIST’s response to the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in AI. Keep Reading
For the Third Year in a Row, GSA IT Receives Award for Excellence in Sustainable Procurement of IT Products
The EPEAT Award, given annually by the Global Electronics Council, helps customers and vendors purchase and sell sustainable and environmentally friendly electronic products. Keep Reading
Shifting the Cyber Mindset from ‘Assume Breach’ to ‘Breach Prevention’ Is Critical in Next Three Years, Say 91 Percent of Government Cyber Leaders
The study – which surveyed more than 300 cybersecurity leaders across Federal, state, and local government – found that 83 percent of public sector organizations operate on an ‘assume breach’ model today. Keep Reading
CISA, NIST to Develop Cybersecurity Goals for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Biden also formally established the voluntary public-private partnership Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Initiative. Keep Reading
Artificial Intelligence: Next Frontier Is Cybersecurity
NSA’s Jason Wang, technical director for the Computer and Analytic Sciences Research Group, forecasted a future in which AI will support the Intelligence Community’s (IC) efforts to secure and defend our Nation’s networks. Keep Reading