A Securities and Exchange Commission official said the agency is not yet adopting third-party generative artificial intelligence tools because of the risks. Speaking at a recent Advanced Technology Academic Research Center panel discussion, Jennifer Diamantis, special counsel to the chief AI officer in the SEC’s Office of Information Technology Strategy and Innovation, said that the […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with the FBI and other partners, have issued a new advisory warning on the multiple vulnerabilities within the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. The advisory provides detection methods, such as Volexity’s open-source YARA, which network defenders can use to hunt for malicious activity. To deter […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., have introduced the Promoting United States Leadership in Standards Act of 2024, a bill seeking to ensure U.S. leadership in developing international rules and regulations for artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum computing and other emerging technologies. Focused on maintaining U.S. global competitiveness, the proposed legislation mandates the National […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is exploring ways of prompting state and local governments to count university cybersecurity clinics as funding candidates under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program that the Department of Homeland Security initiated in 2022. The awarding of the grants is among the proposed steps in a guide CISA published […]
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has raised potential areas for artificial intelligence legislation to further regulate the technology’s adoption. Speaking at the recent Federal News Network’s AI and Data Exchange webinar, Warner described President Joe Biden’s AI executive order as broad and needs further legislation like the proposed Federal AI Risk Management Act of 2023 that […]
The Missile Defense Agency has completed the first Knowledge Point review of Lockheed Martin’s progress on the Next Generation Interceptor program, part of a ground-based missile defense network designed to protect the United States against long-range missile threats. According to Lockheed, KP1 was accomplished ahead of schedule in November following the program’s All Up Round […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its updated Cybersecurity Framework designed for all organizations in any sector, large or small. CSF 2.0, which supersedes the first framework NIST issued in 2014, added the Govern function to the previous guidepost’s five key functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover. The expanded core guidance […]
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has secured the cybersecurity services of Herndon, Virginia-based company ShorePoint under a $50.8 million contract. The cybersecurity requirements that ShorePoint will deliver include strategic guidance on modernizing the FRTIB’s cybersecurity, risk and compliance program. ShorePoint’s task deliverables will cover security architecture and engineering, risk and vulnerability assessment and penetration […]
Task Force Lima, a new unit handling the Department of Defense generative artificial intelligence adoption, is finalizing the release of a digital testbed for defense community trials and experiments on various AI solutions. U.S. Navy Capt. Manuel Xavier Lugo, the task force commander, said during a recent Chief Digital and AI Office event that the […]
The Office of Personnel Management has issued the Workforce of the Future Playbook to synchronize the Biden administration’s workforce policies, enabling federal agencies’ revitalization of recruitment processes and retention of talented government employees. The new guidelines expand on the agency’s Strategic Plan defining President Joe Biden’s vision for the federal government’s workforce. The guidebook revolves […]
