The Department of Defense puts a lot of effort into cybersecurity but still has some significant holes in its structure, some of them dating back a decade, according to a report issued earlier this month by the department’s Inspector General (IG). […]

During the State of the Net 2019 Conference, cybersecurity experts zeroed in on how the shutdown impacted not only the United States’ cybersecurity posture but also the Federal government’s cybersecurity workforce. […]

A former Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday she believes that while the agency’s core cybersecurity operations are holding up through the partial Federal government shutdown, other important IT security initiatives appear to be lying fallow until the agency receives funding to operate and pay its employees. […]

With the 116th session of Congress now well underway, committee and subcommittee rosters are being finalized. For those in the Fed IT world, there are a few committee assignments to pay attention to. […]

In a report released Wednesday, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies called for an operating plan for cyber warfare similar to the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) the United States had during the Cold War. […]

A joint statement released by unions representing pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers on Wednesday raised concerns over the safety of flights during the government shutdown, citing cybersecurity concerns among others. […]

Ross Nodurft joined Venable as its senior director of cybersecurity services this month. […]

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released its annual list of Federal advocacy priorities today which prominently feature cybersecurity regulations and state CIO/CISO roles in Federal government efforts. […]

The National Intelligence Strategy, released yesterday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), names cyber threat intelligence as one of seven mission objectives for the intelligence community, and addresses threats and opportunities from emerging technologies. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an emergency order on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to mitigate Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure tampering. DHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have been tracking incidents of tampering where multiple executive branch agency domains were impacted. […]

Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md.; Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Will Hurd, R-Texas; and Mike Conaway, R-Texas, have introduced legislation to create an Office of Critical Technologies & Security at the White House to coordinate action across Federal agencies and develop a “whole of government” strategy to combat theft of U.S. technologies by state actors including China, and to reduce risks to “critical supply chains.” This bill is a companion bill to one that was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 4 by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla. […]

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein released a report on Thursday that highlights the impact of data breaches on the state in 2018, and paired the report with a bipartisan bill to strengthen breach notifications to include ransomware attacks. […]

With emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain continuing to reveal their capabilities to the marketplace, Federal IT leaders discussed the potential–and the pitfalls–of implementing new technology in government during a Thursday session at an event hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). […]

With nation-state cyberattacks increasingly targeting businesses, the Federal government must take action to collaborate and communicate with the private sector in a whole-of-government approach, said current and former officials from the Department of Justice on Tuesday. […]

The Department of Justice (DoJ) charged two Ukrainian hackers for their roles in “a large-scale, international conspiracy to hack into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) computer systems and profit by trading on critical information they stole.” […]

Cyber talent shortage, rapidly evolving threats, and unique agency policies are every day security challenges for today’s government cyber professionals. DHS’s CDM program provides light at the end of this long tunnel of challenges. […]

Numerous Federal government websites have been rendered insecure or inaccessible due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, according to a report from Netcraft, a United Kingdom-based internet services company, on Thursday. […]

Just over half of Americans (53 percent) think the United States is “prepared” to handle a “major cyberattack,” according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday. […]

The ransomware attack that recently hit Tribune Publishing was perpetrated by an independent crime organization, rather than a nation-state, McAfee announced Wednesday. […]

Anthony Ferrante, senior managing director and global head of cybersecurity at FTI Consulting, is now also a law enforcement analyst for CNN. […]

Federal agency demand for CDM (Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation) security technologies has plenty of room for continued growth based on a GAO report released in late December, which showed mixed progress on agency deployment figures for the first half of 2018. The report underlined the importance of CDM progress and chided Federal agencies for being slow to implement the government’s approach to network security. […]

Matthew Blaze, a voting security researcher, announced Monday that he is leaving the University of Pennsylvania for Georgetown University, where he will be the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science and Law. […]

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has announced a new campaign to spread awareness among private sector companies to protect against nation-state cyberattacks. […]

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) announced today that it was awarded the Navy Cyber Mission Engineering Support contract by the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic. […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week released its Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices, a set of voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for the private sector that leverages the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework to address cybersecurity issues across healthcare organizations of all sizes. […]

When the Big One hits, the United States won’t be ready for it. […]

When it comes to protecting mobile devices and applications, Federal agencies need security capabilities that travel with devices and proactively protect them against all types of cyberattacks, experts say. […]

With 2018 drawing to a close, password manager Dashlane announced its annual list of “Worst Password Offenders.” A diverse group of individuals, government organizations, companies, and academic institutions topped Dashlane’s list. […]

Goldman Sachs announced Wednesday that Ret. Vice Admiral Jan Tighe, the former deputy chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and director of Naval Intelligence, is joining its board of directors. […]

The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international and cross-sector effort aimed at eradicating cyber risk, announced Thursday that Deloitte had joined the Alliance. […]