Cyber
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CyberCISA Launches Joint Cyber Defense Office; Initial Focus On Ransomware, Cloud Incidents
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday stood up a new joint cyber defense planning office aimed at unifying the insights from government and private sector partners with […]
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Homeland SecurityBipartisan Senate Report Finds Federal Agencies Slow To Fix Cybersecurity Risks
Of eight federal agencies examined two years ago for their cybersecurity posture, seven still have made little progress and many of the issues have existed for the past decade, says […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Approves ICE Nominee, DHS Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved the Biden administration’s nominee, Ed Gonzalez, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and five bipartisan cybersecurity bills. The […]
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CyberCoast Guard Releases New Cyber Strategic Outlook
The Coast Guard on Tuesday released an updated cybersecurity strategy that outlines three lines of effort amid increasing cyber threats to the nation’s maritime transportation system. The previous cybersecurity strategy, […]
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CongressInfrastructure Bill Includes Funding For New Cyber Director, State And Local Needs
A roughly $550 billion spending bill being considered by the Senate for investment in the nation’s infrastructure includes at least $1 billion for cybersecurity, mostly for state and local grants […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Information Warfare Head Concerned Over Threat Of Misinformation Directed At Assets
The Navy’s top information warfare official said Tuesday he remains concerned about adversaries’ ability to use jamming capabilities to feed misinformation at Navy assets through networks not operated directly by […]
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CyberCISA Creates Vulnerability Disclosure Platform For Agencies
The Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) last week introduced a new platform that allows federal civilian agencies to enable security researchers to legally probe select […]
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Congress
House Homeland Security Committee Approves Software Supply Chain Security Bill
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday marked up a number of bipartisan bills, including legislation aimed at improving the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires software to bolster […]
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CyberBiden Memo Establishes Public-Private Cybersecurity Effort For Industrial Controls
President Biden on Wednesday signed a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) designed to encourage owners and operators of critical infrastructures to continue to strengthen the cybersecurity of their systems that […]
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CongressBipartisan Group Of Senators Introduce Mandatory Cyber Incident Reporting Bill
A bipartisan contingent of 14 senators on Wednesday introduced a bill requiring federal agencies, government contractors and critical infrastructure owners and operators to report cyber breaches of their networks within […]
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