Cyber
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CyberCISA Releases Strategy For More Proactive Approach To Industrial Control System Cyber Security
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday released a new strategy aimed at boosting the cyber security of control systems used in industrial processes and demonstrating the agency’s […]
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CyberCarnegie Mellon Receives $2.7 Billion Extension From DoD To Continue Operating Software Engineering Institute
The Pentagon has agreed to a deal with Carnegie Mellon University, worth up to $2.7 billion, to continue operating its Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for an additional five years. SEI […]
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CongressHASC Adds NDAA Amendments Based On Recommendations From AI, Cyber Commissions
The House Armed Services Committee added several amendments to its fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill per recommendations from new artificial intelligence and cyber commissions, to include bolstering private sector […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Cyber Security Amendments To Defense Bill
A small bipartisan group of senators has filed two amendments to the fiscal year National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), one requiring the Department of Homeland Security to establish federally funded […]
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Business/FinancialSealingTech Acquires Small Cyber Security Firm Quark
Sealing Technologies last Friday said it has acquired Quark Security, enabling it provide cyber security lifecycle services to its federal government and industry customers. Terms of the deal between the […]
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Congress
House Cyber Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish National Cyber Director
Legislation to establish a permanent, Senate-confirmed presidential cyber security adviser with authority to review federal cyber budgets, and coordinate and develop the national cyber security strategy was introduced in the […]
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Homeland SecurityPekoske Updates Guidance For TSA Strategy; Agency Seeks ‘Near Contactless’ Checkpoint
The Transportation Security Administration needs to move toward a “near contactless experience” at airport checkpoints through the use of new concepts and technology, the agency’s chief said in updated guidance […]
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CongressHouse Armed Services Panel’s Cyber Recommendations Mirror SASC In Part
A House Armed Services subcommittee that oversees cyber security issues on Sunday released its planned markup of its portion of the next defense authorization bill that includes similar provisions being […]
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CyberArmy Releases RFP For DoD Cyber Training Program Worth Nearly $1 Billion
The Army has begun soliciting industry proposals for a nearly $1 billion program to integrate and support cyber training across the Department of Defense, with a contract to be awarded […]
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ArmyArmy Reorganizing Its Top Information Technology Position
The Army is realigning its Chief Information Officer/G-6 position into two separate roles, a CIO to serve as a principal adviser to the service secretary and a deputy chief of […]