Cybersecurity
SolarWinds is facing a class-action lawsuit in a Texas court from an investor who says the company misled the public and its customers by not disclosing a known vulnerability to its update server.
01/04/2021
Cybersecurity
The IRS inspector general's letter to lawmakers backs up a statement offered by a senior Democratic senator earlier this week.
12/24/2020
Comment
The passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means that NIST will start to address the gap in post-market guidance to help organizations adequately address newly discovered vulnerabilities in devices already on their networks.
12/22/2020
Defense
Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition chief, said the massive cybersecurity breach that's plagued several federal government agencies creates "a new kind of target for our adversaries" that must be protected.
12/21/2020
Cybersecurity
FireEye's chief executive officer said he's seen evidence suggesting hackers changed code in SolarWinds software as early as October 2019.
12/21/2020
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