The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Scott Berrier concluded the 13th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit by discussing where the Federal agency is in terms of its intelligence supporting cyber warfighting, and where it needs to go. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) new zero trust strategy outlines 90 capabilities that will help the department bring to bear its “targeted” zero trust framework across the entire department, said DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) John Sherman. […]

The Billington CyberSecurity Summit closed out day two with a discussion with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Senior Election Security Advisor, Kim Wyman, on the necessity of voting infrastructure protection in the upcoming national elections. […]

Having a strong “collective defense” – whether that’s a public-private partnership or an international alliance – is critical to defending against cyber adversaries and keeping all entities safe, according to Ann Dunkin, chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Energy. […]

Russia’s war on Ukraine has not singularly been a terrestrial battle. The war has also involved large-scale cyber operations – the first of its kind. However, Russia has been unable to achieve any prominent advantage in its cyber warfare efforts after its first attack. Ukrainian digital officials attribute this to their ‘secret ingredient’ – the Ukrainian IT Army. […]

William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailed some of the most important actions that they are undertaking to deter foreign adversaries in the realm of cybersecurity at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on September 8. […]

The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) was served a management advisory memorandum from the VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) due to faulty electronic systems that improperly collected debt, according to a report released on September 7. […]

The White House said it condemns Iran for its cyberattack against Albania and plans to take action to hold Iran accountable, according to a September 7 statement from the National Security Council (NSC). […]

The House of Representatives is in the market for a new chief information security officer (CISO) to lead the legislative chamber’s cybersecurity efforts on behalf of its 10,000 members, staff, and officers. […]

Work by the Biden administration’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) on a national cybersecurity strategy is “well underway,” said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in a report issued this week that features a timeline of the ONCD’s activities since mid-2021. […]

Collaborating with private entities is a sure way to improve the security of open source software, said Allan Friedman, the senior advisor and strategist for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Strategy Agency (CISA), during day two of the Billington CyberSecurity Summit. […]

The cyber domain is an ever-changing landscape and the best way to gain an advantage and mitigate possible threats is constant surveillance, said David Frederick, the executive director at the U.S. Cyber Command. […]

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) has made a “real impact” on the nation’s cybersecurity posture, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said today, and its work is not over yet. […]

George C. Barnes, deputy director at the National Security Agency (NSA), expressed reserved confidence in the American private sector to maintain a steady technological lead against foreign adversaries at the Cybersecurity Summit hosted by Billington Cybersecurity on September 7. […]

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $298 million blanket purchase agreement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) Case Management Systems Office (CMSO). […]

The Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Eric Goldstein, preached the importance of offensive and defensive cybersecurity teams working together to mitigate attacks in America from adversaries. […]

The growing threat of cyber threat actors has underscored a need for Federal agencies to verify and authenticate everybody and everything accessing their network. […]

MeriTalk’s inaugural MerITocracy American Innovation Forum in July brought together congressional, administration, and business leaders to address crucial issues about technological advancements, public policy, and democracy. […]

Government officials from the Department of State (DOS), Energy (DoE), and Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed their visions for the future and top priorities pertaining to modernizing information technology (IT) within the Federal government. […]

The National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) announced a project that will eventually result in a Cybersecurity Practice Guide to help smart home device users safely access their healthcare information digitally. NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence finished the final project description late last month. […]

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Brian Gattoni, discussed the future of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to Federal cybersecurity operations during the Billington Cybersecurity Summit on September 7. […]

While the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program seeks to significantly improve the way its contractors store and protect sensitive data, it cannot direct industry on what actions they need to take to be CMMC compliant, said the DoD CMMC lead. […]

Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director (NCD), for the Executive Office of the President (EOP) explained how the Russian Invasion of Ukraine has led to show how information sharing can play a key and vital role in cybersecurity. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly today previewed the agency’s new strategic plan, as well as a request for information (RFI) on cybersecurity incident reporting that will both be released “in a couple days.” […]

As Congress and the Biden administration have yet to pass a budget deal for fiscal year (FY) 2023, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is asking Congress to pass a $47.1 billion continuing resolution (CR) funding bill before the current fiscal year ends on September 30. […]

A spokesperson for the General Services Administration (GSA) told MeriTalk today that more than 100 agencies have signed on to extend their current set of telecommunications contracts for an additional year, and of those, 48 have completed the process. […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking feedback from the private sector on existing application security testing capabilities for Federal agencies. […]

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of State (DOS) said that the agency has not been complying with the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 (GDA) in its latest report from late August. […]

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Richard L. Revesz for administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), according to a White House press release from September 2. […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on August 31 that the agency is preparing to provide $791 million of new funding for state broadband buildouts through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. […]