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People
The governing body in charge of implementing the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has hired Matthew Travis, former CISA deputy director, as new CEO.
03/29/2021
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Cybersecurity
The new draft framework combining election security and cybersecurity is the first of its kind for NIST.
03/29/2021
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Congress
President Joe Biden has said cybersecurity will be a top priority for his administration, but two senior positions focused on the issue remain either vacant or held by an acting official.
03/25/2021
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Management
The groups' call for changes to how the government operates the modernization fund echoes concerns that multiple former CIOs voiced to FCW this month in interviews.
03/24/2021
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Cybersecurity
The country's electrical systems are increasingly susceptible to cyberattacks, according to government auditors, and there is uncertainty about the extent to which a localized attack might cascade through power distribution systems.
03/23/2021
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Cybersecurity
Brandon Wales, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, also said his agency is still working to determine if any federal networks were compromised by vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft Exchange.
03/22/2021
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Comment
With communal resource for commonly used components, agencies could devote more time to security postures that are truly unique.
03/22/2021
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Comment
With funding and the help of top experts, the Biden administration can make tangible progress toward modernization, but much work remains to be done.
03/19/2021
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Cybersecurity
Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer, said agencies largely have the tools they need to adopt zero trust security protocols but making a change will "require a shift in mindset."
03/19/2021
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Cybersecurity
Three top cybersecurity officials struggled to answer questions from lawmakers about who is to blame for the government's failure to stop the breach of nine federal agencies.
03/18/2021
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Congress
New legislation puts the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the center of federal response to threats to computerized industrial systems.
03/18/2021
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Congress
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, said he plans to propose new legislation in the coming weeks.
03/17/2021
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Cybersecurity
The letters sent to senior administration officials come as Senate lawmakers plan to hold a hearing on the breach of federal networks.
03/17/2021
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Cybersecurity
The intelligence community's newly declassified report largely concludes Russia attempted to meddle in the U.S. election through influence operations but did not attempt the kinds of cyberattacks observed in 2016.
03/16/2021
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Cybersecurity
The administration has ordered a wide-ranging assessment of the risks to manufacturing and technology supply chains. Analysts, former government officials and industry say a large workforce gap and problematic frameworks are among the threats cybersecurity poses to the country's supply chains.
03/16/2021