Director Ralph Gaspard says his office is recruiting through universities, the military, and industry, but finding IT specialists willing to serve at potentially dangerous overseas posts remains a challenge. […]

The award carries a potential 10-year term to modernize legacy applications and databases across the agency’s mission support portfolio. […]

The agency remained at a Level 2 FISMA maturity rating as six prior recommendations stayed open and the watchdog issued eight new ones. […]

The agency wants a cloud-hosted identity management system that can strengthen access controls across unclassified and secret networks without disrupting mission systems. […]

The Virginia Democrat calls for modernized federal IT scorecard, renewed investment in technology modernization, and stronger cybersecurity oversight as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress. […]

The cybersecurity executive would fill a post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed leader since January 2025. […]

A joint federal warning urges operators to secure refrigeration controls as European authorities document attacks and U.S. military freezer outages remain under investigation. […]

The former HHS official brings more than two decades of experience in critical infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness, and cybersecurity response to his new role. […]

Federal and industry leaders will gather Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C., to examine critical infrastructure protection, transnational crime, and coordination across homeland security agencies. […]

Thirty-five business associations want the annual defense policy bill to extend and update the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. […]

The road map includes updated response guidance, a stakeholder community, and work on agent monitoring, containment, and evidence sharing. […]

Agency security teams need close coordination, architectures that make systems easier to defend, and AI tools with limited permissions that can take over some tasks, experts advised. […]

Project Lifeline 250 will provide participating hospitals with cybersecurity support at no cost and test approaches intended for broader use. […]

A release of DHS personnel records and a GSA watchdog report highlight risks to sensitive government information, from employee safety to internal data access controls. […]

In this podcast, John Sapp, Chainguard’s field chief information security officer, will explore what the changing open source security landscape means for teams designing and delivering federal systems. […]

“Water is what kept me up at night,” said Philip Stupak, a former assistant national cyber director, at ISC2 Security Congress 2026. Small water districts are particularly vulnerable to attack – and increasingly critical to national security. […]

Cybersecurity progress and large data stores prepare U.S. Customs and Border Protection to face threats, but an integrated common operating picture is needed, said Ryan Riccucci. […]

AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, but CISA’s Jay Gazlay says agencies must prioritize remediation based on proven threats, internet exposure, and asset visibility. […]

Government and industry officials say AI agents need narrowly defined permissions and safeguards outside AI models. They offer differing views on how much human oversight agencies can sustain. […]

Attackers could exploit flaws in the widely used web-development language to execute code remotely without authentication. Organizations including OpenAI coordinated a response to the flaws over two months. […]

Sen. Ron Wyden urges CISA and OMB to require stronger website privacy protections, warning that visits to sensitive federal services could be exposed to foreign adversaries and hackers. […]

Michael Duffy says federal agencies must be proactive to address emerging cyber threats as the CISO Council focuses on resilience and AI integration. […]

The tools were used to scan for vulnerabilities and carry out cyber intrusions targeting critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad, including energy companies and airports. […]

The latest arrest follows international efforts to dismantle the hacking group accused of stealing sensitive FBI employee information through a third-party platform. […]

Social Security numbers and military employment information were among the sensitive data exposed in a breach of the Pentagon’s personnel database. […]

The cybercrime group claims it accessed sensitive data on FBI personnel and job applicants, while the bureau says it is still investigating the alleged compromise. […]

The forthcoming guidance will draw on CISA assessments of how well critical infrastructure organizations can isolate and recover systems. […]

The guidance shows how organizations can use tripwires, breadcrumbs, honeytokens, and other decoys to detect malicious activity after attackers gain network access. […]

The new guidance offers federal agencies and cloud providers recommendations to protect identity and access tokens from theft, forgery, and misuse. […]

New incentive pay for top cyber personnel is part of a broader push to build a more specialized, AI-ready workforce. […]