Cybersecurity
The annual defense bill includes a section on cybersecurity based on recommendations from the Solarium Commission.
12/18/2020
Defense
The Dec. 15 announcement calls out seven pilot contracts across the Air Force, Navy and Missile Defense Agency.
12/16/2020
Comment
The time has come for Congress to regulate security in the software industry by mandating minimal best practices for software companies selling software products or services in America.
12/16/2020
Cybersecurity
As information trickles out about which federal agencies have been compromised by a sophisticated hacking operation, lawmakers have begun seeking an extensive accounting of what damage has been done.
12/16/2020
Cybersecurity
The National Security Council's announcement to create a special group for coordinating the federal government's response to the SolarWinds hack comes as the list of affected agencies grows.
12/15/2020
Cybersecurity
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive late Sunday night after reported breaches at two cabinet agencies. The Department of Homeland Security, CISA's parent agency, also has reportedly been breached.
12/14/2020
Defense
Navy CIO moves to accelerate the shut down of duplicative IT systems, networks, and applications in a recent memo, saying: "this situation is unacceptable and must not continue."
12/09/2020
Defense
The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking at "gray networks" and expanding its cloud-based internet isolation browser solution to email.
12/08/2020
Cybersecurity
The company's chief executive officer wrote in a blog post that an initial investigation suggests the attackers were likely backed by an adversarial nation.
12/08/2020
Cybersecurity
The National Security Agency says a vulnerability in a software used by federal agencies is being exploited by Russia-sponsored actors.
12/07/2020
Cloud
The company is waiting on government accreditation for the new top secret regions.
12/07/2020
Cybersecurity
CISA’s acting director Brandon Wales said his agency is not the right source to counter anticipated disinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
12/03/2020
Cybersecurity
A Justice Department official today disclosed that 1,000 Chinese researchers have been expelled from the country for hiding their affiliation with the Chinese military.
12/02/2020
Cybersecurity
Chris Krebs, fired by President Trump via Twitter in November, continued to re-enforce his message that the 2020 elections were secure.
12/02/2020
Workforce
Big picture skills like digital literacy and critical thinking are more important to building a public-sector cybersecurity workforce than small gains in federal hiring procedure, experts say.
12/02/2020