Cyber
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CongressJohnson, Carper Introduce Bill To Strengthen Federal Cyber Defenses
The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Monday evening introduced legislation aimed a bolstering the cyber defenses of federal civilian agencies by […]
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CyberHawkins Retires From DISA, Hands Leadership to To Lynn
Army Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn took command of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on July 23 during a ceremony at the Fort Meade headquarters. Lynn succeeds retiring Director Air […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriations Approves Increased OPM Hack Credit Monitoring, No Extra IT
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an appropriations bill Thursday that includes a requested $24 million in increased funding for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), mostly used to address information […]
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CongressNew Senate Legislation Expands DHS Ability to Detect Cyber Breaches
A bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday would greatly expand the powers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect and defend against intrusions on any civilian government network, […]
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CyberCongressman, Industry, And NGOs Warn U.S. Cyber Proposals On Wassenaar Too Broad
Stakeholders have warned the United States its proposed export controls on digital intrusion and surveillance technology for the international Wassenaar Arrangement are much too broad. Legislators, industry officials, and open […]
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CyberDHS Unveils Expansion of ICE Cyber Crimes Center
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Sarah Saldaña unveiled a major expansion of the ICE Cyber Crimes Center (C3) on Wednesday. […]
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CyberMayorkas Affirmed Cyber Cooperation With Israel
Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary of homeland security, last week signed a joint statement with his Israeli government counterparts reaffirming both countries’ commitment to cooperating on cybersecurity issues, according to a […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin To Acquire Sikorsky, Divest Government IT And Technical Services Work
As expected, Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire the Sikorsky Aircraft business from United Technologies Corp. [UTX] for $9 billion, adding a helicopter design and […]
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CyberIARPA Solicits For CAUSE Program Forecasting Cyber Attacks
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) office in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a broad agency announcement for its Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment […]
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Cyber
Government Still Ironing Out Role In Defending Industry From Cyber Attack
Even in the wake of near-disastrous data breaches of its own personnel records, and some of the largest corporations in the country, the U.S. government is woefully unprepared to detect […]
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