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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
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Defense
The body in charge of standing up and running the Defense Department’s unified cybersecurity standard is shifting its staffing arrangement.
03/16/2021
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Cybersecurity
A 2020 law could provide some legal cover for executive orders regulating software and IoT cybersecurity, but new legislation could be required.
03/15/2021
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Cybersecurity
Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, says President Joe Biden discussed both the supply chain attack on SolarWinds and vulnerabilities being exploited in Microsoft Exchange with leaders of Japan, India and Australia.
03/12/2021
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Congress
Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) cited the recent cybersecurity incident at a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Fla., as the impetus for the legislation.
03/12/2021