As the government scrambles to understand the widening compromise, legislation to shore up the nation’s cyber defenses sits unsigned on the President’s desk. As the U.S....
The Defense and Homeland Security departments agreed to develop cybersecurity technologies for national security applications together. The Defense Innovation Unit and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
President-elect Joe Biden also promised to elevate cybersecurity “as an imperative” across government. The House committees on Homeland Security and Oversight and Reform Thursday launched an...
The agency also warned that getting attackers out of networks will be complex—especially because they are monitoring IT and cybersecurity employees’ emails. The fallout from the...
The bottom line is that none of the 23 agencies audited fully implemented foundational risk management practices. Days after news that sophisticated hackers exploited a flaw...
The Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program will begin including security requirements in select solicitations starting next year. The Defense Department, worried about potential cybersecurity risks...
A Swedish university has been fined SEK550,000 ($66,000) for storing sensitive personal information in the cloud without sufficiently protecting the data. Umeå University, in mid-northern Sweden,...
The White House invoked Presidential Policy Directive-41 to coordinate a “whole of government” response. Federal agencies are responding to a potentially massive cybersecurity incident after a...
Agencies would see new reporting requirements to keep Congress and impacted individuals more informed about security breaches. Two senior senators introduced legislation late last week that...
The US Secret Service hosted a virtual Cyber Incident Response Simulation for financial services, real estate, retail and hospitality executives who trained on mitigation strategies for...
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