ANALYSIS The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) overhauled its rule-making process last year, streamlining its ability to implement new rules and regulations related to privacy and security. Subsequent developments provide...
Katie Arrington, who was previously the chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment, has resigned from her post. Katie Arrington, the former lead of the...
The new package bill was introduced amid calls for increased government support of open-source software development. Leaders of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee introduced...
A letter the tax bureau sent to a key senator says stronger penalties for failure to report cryptocurrency-based income gains might also help deter cyber criminals....
The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) has temporarily suspended one of its online business services as it investigates a suspected data breach. The US state department,...
The standards agency said an attestation from the vendor themselves would be sufficient when screening for cybersecurity, unless an agency’s risk calculus suggests otherwise. Federal procurement...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch their systems against an actively exploited Windows vulnerability that enables attackers to gain...
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to implement identity verification via mandatory facial recognition for some government services this summer. The identity management strategy, which is...
The DHS body’s primary focus will be on addressing vulnerabilities in the commonly used log4j software library, but will also incorporate findings on the ‘SolarWinds’ hack....