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Defense
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $54.6 million contract for Unified Platform, which will facilitate offensive and defensive cyber operations.
10/31/2018
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Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of a new task force focused on supply chain threats to information and communications technology.
10/30/2018
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Cybersecurity
With a week to go before the midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security expects to be able to detect any nefarious activity targeting voting infrastructure.
10/30/2018
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Cybersecurity
The president's budget director wants agencies to do a better job making the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program work.
10/29/2018
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Defense
The Department of Defense and the Digital Defense Services have awarded another set of contracts under its $34 million bug bounty program to cover sensitive hardware and physical assets.
10/24/2018
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Comment
As a well-engineered blueprint, NIST's privacy framework will provide voluntary guidelines for managing privacy risk, furthering protections and delivering practical tools that still allow for continued U.S. innovation.
10/24/2018
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Cybersecurity
Rob Joyce, former White House cyber coordinator, said the Trump administration's new cyber warfare policy is more "thoughtful" than some might think.
10/24/2018
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Defense
The Navy announced it has elevated the electromagnetic spectrum to a battlespace domain, joining cyber, land, sea, air and space.
10/23/2018
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Oversight
The inspector general at the General Services Administration said that the agency didn't adequately implement corrective actions in the wake of a 2015 data breach.
10/22/2018
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Acquisition
The Department of Homeland Security sees its role in supply chain security as providing risk management advice, not a buying guide.
10/19/2018
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Cybersecurity
The hacker toolkit that crippled the electrical grid in the Ukraine in 2015 has a virulent successor that is busy stalking critical infrastructure industrial control systems, according to new research.
10/17/2018
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Cybersecurity
Congress is running out of time to move on an internet-of-things security bill offered by Sen. Mark Warner, but the Virginia Democrat is hopeful agencies can pitch in with their own rules.
10/16/2018
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Cybersecurity
A significant number of agencies and domains may not meet an Oct. 16 deadline set by DHS, but cybersecurity firms are still praising the federal government's progress in combatting spoofing attacks.
10/16/2018
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Congress
As bipartisan voting security legislation stalls, a bill to require paper ballots and post-election audits is gathering Democratic support in the Senate.
10/12/2018
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Comment
Government leaders should examine how the private sector addresses massive vulnerabilities and inherent instability through collaboration.
10/11/2018