To highlight the one-year anniversary of the White House’s National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), the Biden administration held a workshop focused on expanding opportunities for veterans to obtain good-paying cyber jobs. […]
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Michael Sulmeyer as the first-ever cyber policy chief for the Department of Defense (DoD). […]
Several U.S. government agencies including the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued an advisory today warning about a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that they say is conducting a “global espionage campaign” aimed at advancing North Korean military and nuclear programs. […]
A group of industry cybersecurity leaders told lawmakers today that harmonizing “overlapping and inconsistent” government cybersecurity regulations would help reduce the administrative burden on their cyber workforces and free up additional resources for fighting threats. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today that Brandon Wales is stepping down as the agency’s executive director, and that Bridget Bean will take over as executive director next month. […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is planning to introduce a bill that would codify the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) following Friday’s Microsoft outage linked to the cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike. […]
Federal government operations affected by Friday’s Microsoft outage linked to the cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike appeared to recovering their footing today, including the Social Security Administration (SSA), which reopened its offices today. […]
Department of Defense (DoD) operations were unaffected by the ongoing Microsoft outage caused by a flawed CrowdStrike security update, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday. […]
Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said that today’s CrowdStrike outage – one of the largest IT outages in history – highlights the need for a tough look at digital resilience capabilities. […]
The ongoing Microsoft outage caused through a faulty update by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike has disrupted several Federal and state and local government (SLG) services nationwide. […]
As adversaries continue to leverage emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence to fuel their cyberattacks, cybersecurity experts today warned that a new strategic approach is needed to combat ever-evolving cyber risks. […]
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill last week that would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to hire a special liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate during cybersecurity incidents. […]
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) says that the United States Coast Guard needs to do more to improve the cybersecurity of the Marine Transportation System (MTS) in order to better protect the U.S. supply chain. […]
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have introduced new legislation that would prohibit Federal agencies from buying technology products from “grey-market” sellers rather than authorized dealers. […]
The White House on Wednesday released a memo for the heads of all Federal agencies laying out its “cross-agency cybersecurity investment priorities” for fiscal year (FY) 2026. […]
The Department of Homeland (DHS), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), announced $18.2 million in cybersecurity grants this week through the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP), which assists Tribal nations in tackling cyber risks and threats. […]
Top Federal agency technology officials this week preached the virtues of continuous technology modernization as an ongoing process – rather than approaching modernization as a completed effort after specific goals have been achieved. […]
The Federal government’s primary personnel investigative agency’s deficient cybersecurity oversight and outdated IT systems pose a risk to national security, and the agency’s director this week pledged action to fix those ongoing technology problems – although he said some of the root causes may not be fully addressed for several years. […]
A new report from security provider Blackberry Ltd. shows a sharp increase in the deployment of unique malware used to attack critical infrastructure and commercial enterprises. […]
Nearly one year after the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) issued its National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), the office released a report today outlining the progress to date and the next steps in building the nation’s cyber workforce. […]
Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., introduced new bipartisan legislation last week that would require an assessment of the manual operations of critical infrastructure in the event of a cyberattack. […]
The Commerce Department said on June 20 that its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has banned sales in the U.S. of a range of cybersecurity products and services sold by Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, Inc., with the agency saying their use poses a national security threat. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE), along with several suppliers and manufacturers serving the energy sector, released a new set of Supply Chain Cybersecurity Principles today to drive best practices across the industry. […]
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today criticized the Biden administration’s timeline to put healthcare cybersecurity regulations in place, saying that putting guardrails in place by the end of the year is “not soon enough.” […]
The Federal government’s watchdog is giving agencies credit for big policy moves to improve cybersecurity but is pounding the table with urgency for those agencies to catch up on more than 500 previous recommendations for improving cybersecurity – including more thoroughly implementing the Biden administration’s recent cyber policy directives. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is preparing to release a Buyer’s Guide, which CISA Director Jen Easterly on Wednesday said she’s particularly excited about because it will help to shift consumers’ mindset from secure by design to secure by demand. […]
The White House has enlisted Microsoft and Google to provide free cybersecurity services to rural hospitals following recent cyberattacks targeting the nation’s healthcare system. […]
A new report out this week from CSC 2.0 – the successor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission – calls on Congress and the White House to take swift action to better protect the healthcare sector from cyberattacks. […]
Former acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden said Thursday that in light of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack in February that paralyzed the largest healthcare payment system in the country, Congress needs to act on legislation to codify cyber requirements for the healthcare industry. […]
A key advisory panel to leadership of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) voted on Wednesday to approve three recommendations to CISA Director Jen Easterly that aim to improve the operations of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). […]