Cyber
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CyberPentagon Publishes Interim Rule For New CMMC Cyber Security Contracting Standards
The Pentagon on Tuesday published the interim rule for its new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) contracting standards, opening up a 60-day period for comments before it goes into effect […]
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CongressHouse Passes Trio Of Bill On Energy Cyber Security
The House on Tuesday unanimously passed by voice vote three bipartisan bills aimed at strengthening the cyber security of the nation’s electric grid and energy infrastructure, including creating a new […]
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CyberPentagon Announces Nominations For Next DISA, JAIC Directors
The Pentagon has announced nominees to serve as the next leaders of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Joint Artificial Intelligence (JAIC). Air Force Maj. Gen. Rob Skinner […]
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CyberCyber Commission Provides Guidance To Develop Federal Cyber Workforce
A U.S. commission focused on bolstering the nation’s cyber security posture on Tuesday released guidelines aimed at creating a strategy to develop the federal cyber workforce. The overall goal is […]
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CyberKrebs Outlines Three Threat Lines Amid COVID Pandemic
Traditional nation-state actors, cyber criminals and disinformation campaigns are the three “primary lines of attack” in the nation’s threat landscape that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is currently […]
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CyberPentagon Reaffirms Microsoft As Winner Of JEDI Cloud Over Amazon Web Services
The Pentagon has reaffirmed its decision to award the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract to Microsoft [MSFT] over Amazon Web Services [AMZN], the department said […]
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Cyber
DISA Readying Final RFP For Potential $12 Billion, Single Vendor IT Consolidation Contract
DISA is readying to release a final Request for Proposals in late September for its potential $12 billion, single vendor contract to consolidate the Pentagon’s ‘Fourth Estate’s’ network capabilities. During […]
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CyberCISA Issues Binding Directive For Agencies To Develop Vulnerability Disclosures
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday issued its final directive requiring federal civilian agencies to develop and publish a vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) for their Internet-accessible systems […]
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ArmyTactical Network Modernization Is ‘Absolutely Critical,’ Army Vice Chief Says
The Army’s vice chief called modernization of the service’s tactical network “absolutely critical” to enabling massive data linkage between future weapon systems and as a key contribution to the future […]
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Cyber
CISA Releases 5G Strategy
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday released a strategy aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the nation’s emerging fifth-generation wireless infrastructure that aligns with a […]