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. […]

Former U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency Chief Paul Nakasone said on June 6 that the “secret sauce” to detecting artificial intelligence (AI) being used by foreign adversaries lies in public-private partnerships. […]

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. […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that artificial intelligence technologies pose “significant risks” to financial markets that include biased decision-making yet also offer “tremendous opportunities” to lower costs and improve access to financial products. […]

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). […]

New research from Trellix, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), reveals that 92 percent of chief information security officers (CISOs) question the future of their role amidst growing AI and generative AI (GenAI) pressures. […]

As Federal agencies look to protect themselves against AI-fueled cyberattacks, government cybersecurity officials explained today that they are shifting their mindsets to embrace partnerships and no longer be embarrassed about sharing their incident data. […]

A top leader at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said last week that AI technology has the potential to eliminate bias in the hiring process. […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) ended on May 31 – much to the chagrin of FCC and Biden administration leadership – leaving millions of Americans at risk of losing their subsidized internet service. […]

Following the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, which is a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group (UHG), members of Congress are increasing their scrutiny of UHG, looking for both accountability and solutions to prevent a similar cyberattack. […]

The U.S. Army has awarded Palantir Technologies a $480 million contract to begin the prototyping phase for an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tool for battlefield analysis, the Defense Department (DoD) announced on Wednesday. […]

As Federal agencies are working to protect themselves from quantum-driven hacking, Federal experts on Thursday said that cybersecurity teams must be involved in the quantum computing conversation from the start – otherwise, the emerging technology will be a “disservice” to everyone. […]

Two leading government agencies are getting set to release their latest guidance for Federal officials on how to start securing critical data against potential cybersecurity threats posed by advances in quantum computing, officials said on May 30.  […]

In its first-ever departmentwide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan released this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted eight strategic priority research areas that DHS will foster over the next seven fiscal years – including AI and cybersecurity. […]

One House member today pointed to the need for more cybersecurity regulations in the agriculture sector, highlighting that the 2024 farm bill paves the path for legislation that does just that. […]

A new bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate seeks to boost education on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum science across the nation by authorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award scholarships for higher education students. […]

National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker is promising a strong effort by the Federal government to shore up internet router security – particularly in the area of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) rules that determine the best network route for data transmission on the internet – in light of attacks over the past 15 years that have leveraged weak BGP security. […]

The White House’s top cyber czar said Thursday that U.S. adversaries – China foremost among them – are continuing to consistently focus targeting on satellites in space. […]

More than half of organizations have been targets of cyberattacks exploiting VPN (virtual private network) security vulnerabilities in the last year, underscoring the growing imperative to move away from traditional perimeter-based defenses and toward more robust zero trust security architecture, according to findings from cloud security provider Zscaler. […]

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) this week announced the launch of a new cybersecurity effort that will invest more than $50 million to create autonomous tools for IT teams to better defend hospital environments. […]

A key House member on AI issues said Thursday that the Senate’s recently released AI roadmap aligns closely with the work that lawmakers are doing on the issue in the House. […]

The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) issued its first-ever capstone report this week on trends in Federal agencies’ cybersecurity performance, and revealing that Feds strengthened their information security programs on average from fiscal year (FY) 2020 to FY2023. […]

A top Department of Energy (DoE) official presented a sobering portrait of the nation’s cyber readiness this week, saying that a lack of funding is preventing Federal agencies from fully adhering to the Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order (EO). […]

At today’s Workday Federal Forum in Washington, D.C., Federal and industry artificial intelligence (AI) experts discussed how government agencies are navigating the “double-edged sword” that is AI. […]

The House of Representatives passed the Government Service Delivery Improvement Act via voice vote Tuesday, which aims to improve customer experience and accountability across the Federal government. […]

Workday, Inc., which provides cloud-based human capital and financial management platforms to the private sector – and increasingly to government customers – has added the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to its Federal government customer rolls. […]

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released a strategic vision for the U.S. AI Safety Institute (AISI) today, outlining the steps that the AISI plans to take to advance the science of AI safety and facilitate safe and responsible AI innovation. […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday that recent inspections have revealed that more than 70 percent of water systems looked at since September 2023 are in violation of basic Safe Drinking Water Act requirements – thus causing “critical” cybersecurity vulnerabilities. […]

The U.S. and allied nations wrapped up their Locked Shields 2024 cybersecurity exercise, with the power of collaboration defeating cyberattacks as a major takeaway from this year’s effort.  […]