Cyber
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CongressHouse Passes Eight Bipartisan Cyber, Homeland Security Bills
The House late Tuesday afternoon passed a number of bipartisan homeland security and cyber bills, including the Cyber Diplomacy Act, which directs the president to pursue international norms in cyberspace […]
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CyberBiden Administration Targets Electric Utilities For Cybersecurity Protections
The Department of Energy on Tuesday launched a 100-day sprint to strengthen the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) to protect operations from increasing cyber threats, part of […]
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CyberEUCOM Chief Wants To Bolster Region’s C2 Systems, Cites Importance Of F-35 And Destroyers
The head of U.S. European Command told lawmakers Thursday his top capability gap is bolstering the region’s capabilities for secure indications and warning and command and control systems, as Russia […]
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CyberWhite House Attributes SolarWinds Hack To Russian Agency
The Biden administration on Thursday publicly attributed a cyber espionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that was first disclosed last December by a U.S. cybersecurity firm and […]
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CongressDefense Department Accelerating Move To Zero Trust Framework In Response To Recent Hacks
Following recently disclosed cyber breaches of a number of federal government and private sector networks, the Defense Department is accelerating its adoption of a zero trust (ZT) framework across the […]
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CyberODNI’s Annual Global Threat Assessment Returns; US Faces Diverse Challenges
The U.S. intelligence community on Tuesday released its annual global threat assessment, leading with a wide array of challenges posed by China and its Communist Party leadership, although the report […]
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CyberBiden Nominates Long-Time NSA Official Inglis As National Cyber Director
President Joe Biden on Monday said he would nominate Chris Inglis to be the first National Cyber Director, a new position requiring Senate confirmation that will advise the president on […]
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CyberBiden Nominates Army, Industry Cyber Vet To Lead CISA
President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate six key leaders for the Department of Homeland Security, including Jen Easterly, a military, government and industry veteran with a […]
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CongressRep. Roybal-Allard Questions Resourcing In Homeland Security Request
The chairwoman of the House panel that oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security last Friday evening applauded the general direction of the Biden administration’s top line budget request […]
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BudgetHomeland Security Budget Proposal Increases Cyber Security Funding
The Biden administration last Friday released a top line budget request for the Department of Homeland Security that would be essentially flat with current year spending levels but increase funding […]