IIOT Cyber
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IIOT CyberNorthStar Nabs $527 Million Enterprise Carrier Dismantlement Contract
The Navy on Friday awarded a team led by Vermont’s NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC a $537 million contract to dismantle, recycle and dispose of the former nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, […]
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CyberCISA Needs To Be Non-Partisan, Easterly Says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is not political and must be a non-partisan agency because cybersecurity isn’t political, the head of the agency said on Wednesday. CISA Director […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Bipartisan Cyber Incident Reporting Measure To Defense Bill
A bipartisan contingent of senators last week introduced an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill requiring owners and operators of critical infrastructure as well as federal civilian agencies to […]
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CongressSenate Panel Approves Cybersecurity Bills, Including Measure To Defend Infrastructure
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday marked up a number of bipartisan bills, including a measure that would authorize a five-year term for the head of […]
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CISA Issues Binding Directive To Federal Agencies To Patch Exploited Vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday released a catalog of known exploited network vulnerabilities and ordered federal agencies to mitigate these security risks within specific timelines. The […]
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With Larger Budgets, CISA Looks To Expand Field Presence, Technical Capabilities
With larger budgets on the way, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is currently analyzing the size of the workforce it needs and one likely takeaway will be an […]
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CongressHouse Passes DHS Software Supply Chain Bill
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan measure meant to improve the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires software to strengthen security. The DHS Software Supply Chain Risk […]
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Homeland SecurityRepublican Senators Ask TSA To Reconsider New Cybersecurity Directives
Some Republican senators on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee have asked the Transportation Security Administration to reconsider its plans to issue mandatory cybersecurity requirements for the rail, rail transit […]
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New CISA Collaborative Center Bonding, Easterly Says
A recently launched public-private cyber defense center stood up in August is already strengthening its bonds and will be expanding its initial focus on ransomware and incident response to cloud […]
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Homeland SecurityWhite House Kicks Off International Counter-Ransomware Initiative
The White House National Security Council this week is hosting more than 30 countries in a virtual meeting aimed at “accelerating cooperation” to combat ransomware worldwide, part of the Biden […]
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