Though the U.S. government can still claim to be the top physical security player in the world, it can no longer claim leadership as the top cybersecurity player, according to retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who has served as the director of both the NSA and the CIA. […]
Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, has been appointed to the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft update, Version 1.1, to its Cybersecurity Framework–a guide to help organizations reduce cyber risks. […]
Akamai released a tool that government agencies can use to secure their telecommuting employees’ devices. […]
Though former Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill served only about four months as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer, he has some suggestions for improving cyber in the new administration. […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced that Kirstjen Nielsen will serve as the agency’s new chief of staff. […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services should halt plans to reinstate their Electronic Immigration System, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General. […]
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers is advocating for increased cybersecurity partnerships with the Federal government, according to its 2017 advocacy agenda. […]
The Department of Homeland Security continues to use unsupported operating systems that may expose agency data to unnecessary risks, according to a recent evaluation issued by DHS Office of Inspector General. […]
Federal Joint Analysis Reports should include stronger language on indicators of compromise, according to Cris Thomas, a network security strategist at Tenable. DHS and the FBI released a JAR on Dec. 29 that discusses the tools Russian intelligence officers used to compromise the networks and infrastructure associated with the recent U.S. presidential election. […]
Leo F. Scanlon, deputy chief information security officer for Health and Human Services and the agency’s senior cybersecurity adviser for the health care sector, was named the co-chair of the (ISC)2 U.S. Government Advisory Council. […]
IBM signed a research initiative with the Food and Drug Administration to research whether blockchain technology can be used to securely record and share medical data. […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will coordinate a cybersecurity team on behalf of the incoming Trump administration. […]
The Office of Personnel Management released a series of suggestions to improve agency IT in the next administration, including modernization efforts that need to be made to the National Background Investigations Bureau. […]
Centrify and SailPoint Technologies have tools to address the tasks outlined in Phase 2 of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, according to representatives from the companies and DHS itself. […]
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that in order to crack down on cybersecurity attacks on the United States, he has compiled a team of “computer people” to discuss security procedures. Trump didn’t explain any specific policies that he or the team were working on. […]
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly stressed the importance of working together to combat cyber warriors at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security. Kelly said that incumbent Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was “on to something” when he reached out to Silicon Valley companies for best cybersecurity practices. […]
The Office of Personnel Management launched CyberCareers.gov. The website, which was created as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, focuses on learning policies that will assist Federal agencies in building the cybersecurity workforce. […]
The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against the computer networking equipment company D-Link for providing inadequate security for its consumers. […]
The Shadow Brokers, the hacker group that stole National Security Agency applications, are selling a package of Windows hacking tools. The group first began selling NSA tools, which looked to be about three years old, in August. The current software also dates back to three years ago. […]
Rep. Will Hurd, the chairman of the House Information Technology Subcommittee and a former private sector expert in cybersecurity, sat down with MeriTalk at CES Government to discuss his IT outlook for government in 2017 and some of his legislative objectives. […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced that the nation’s election infrastructure will be designated as a subsector of the existing critical infrastructure sector. […]
According to a new declassified report from the leaders of the intelligence community, Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered” an effort to influence the U.S. election and “denigrate” Hillary Clinton. […]
The Department of Energy needs to double down on cybersecurity threats and expand emergency protocol for the nation’s electrical grid, according to the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER). […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published the Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery to help organizations develop a plan for recovering from cybersecurity incidents. […]
In a hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Director Of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that the unclassified version of the executive-mandated report on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election is scheduled to be released early next week and will “push the envelope” to provide the public with as much information as possible. […]
When dealing with cybersecurity policy, President-elect Donald Trump should realize that the Federal government is not a business, according to a report this month from the Center for Strategic and International Studies Cyber Policy Task Force. […]
Members of the cryptography community have expressed interest in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s recent call for an algorithm less susceptible to hacks from a computer that does not exist yet. […]
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said he plans to introduce two bills in Congress that would investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 election hacks and introduce sanctions against the country for its involvement. […]
The DHS-FBI Joint Analysis Report sheds light on the tools Russian intelligence officers used to compromise the networks and infrastructure associated with the recent U.S. presidential election. […]