Cyber
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CongressHouse Passes Bill Creating Cyber Security Grant Program For State And Local Governments
The House last Wednesday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would create a new grant program within the Department of Homeland Security to help state and local governments boost their cyber […]
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CyberIntelligence Community Issues New Guidance To Reduce Supply Chain Risks
The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) on Thursday issued new guidance for government and industry for supply chain risk management, highlighting risks throughout the lifecycle of supply chains and […]
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CyberPentagon Finding Interim Cloud Options For Near-Term Efforts While JEDI Is Delayed, DoD CIO Says
The Pentagon is working with the services and combatant commands to find interim cloud solutions for near-term programs while work on its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure tactical cloud remains paused […]
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Homeland SecurityCISA Needs To Improve Quality Of Cyber Threat Information Being Shared, Hire More Staff, IG Says
The Department of Homeland Security has made progress in its cyber threat information sharing requirements set forth by law but it needs to improve the quality of the information it […]
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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 […]