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Cyber

SolarWinds Breach Revealed Shortcomings At CISA, DHS IG Report Shows

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 6th, 2023

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SolarWinds Breach Revealed Shortcomings At CISA, DHS IG Report Shows

The discovery in late 2020 of a software supply chain vulnerability that may have compromised thousands of private and public information technology networks, including the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies, showed that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lacked resources to best respond to the breach, a DHS audit agency reported on Monday. The shortcomings included no secure communications system, insufficient secure space, limited access to intelligence for some staff, and understaffing, says the Office of…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]