Cyber
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CongressCivilian Cybersecurity Reserve Bill Approved By Senate Panel
A bill that would establish a pilot program for civilian cybersecurity reserve personnel to supplement existing cyber workforces at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security similar to the nation’s […]
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CongressSenate Confirms Easterly To Lead CISA
The Senate on Monday afternoon confirmed Jen Easterly to be the next director of the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Easterly, w a former intelligence […]
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Homeland Security
House Panel Boosts Funding For CISA Program To Detect Threats On Private Networks
A House panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security is recommending a boost in spending on a voluntary cybersecurity program that allows the government to monitor private […]
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CyberUS Response To Russian-Based Ransomware Attacks Forthcoming, Administration Official Says
President Joe Biden said last Friday that there will be consequences for ransomware attacks against U.S. businesses and infrastructure coming from criminal groups inside Russia and a senior administration official […]
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CongressPeters, Johnson Introduce Supply Chain Security Bill
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) last week introduced a bipartisan bill to create a training program to help federal employees involved with supply chain management risk to […]
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CyberDIU Approves Three Firms’ Secure Cloud Management Tools, Picking Long-Term Solution Soon
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has approved three prototype secure cloud management (SCM) solutions for use, with plans to select one provider for a long-term contract likely in September. […]
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CyberPentagon Cancels JEDI Cloud Deal With Microsoft, Pursues New Multi-Vendor Effort
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it has canceled the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract with Microsoft [MSFT], and will instead go after a new multi-vendor effort […]
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Homeland SecurityUS, UK Expose Ongoing Russian Global Cyber Campaign
Russia’s military intelligence is carrying out a two-year-old cyber campaign that is largely targeted against government and private sector entities in the U.S. and Europe, including military organizations and defense […]
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CongressHouse Spending Bill Gives Slight Boost To DHS, Adds To Coast Guard, CISA
A proposed spending bill released by House appropriators on Tuesday would provide $52.8 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2022, just shy of a 2 percent […]
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Air ForceHanscom AFB and Air Combat Command Working to Establish Zero Trust Across U.S. Air Force
Personnel from the AFNet sustainment and operations branch at Hanscom AFB, Mass. and Air Combat Command’s (ACC) directorate of cyberspace and information dominance are teaming to develop “a modern software-based […]