Bob Kolasky has been serving as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s National Risk Management Center since August 2018. NRMC works with the private sector, government agencies and other key stakeholders to identify, analyze, prioritize and manage the most significant risks to the nation’s critical infrastructure. As head of the center, Kolasky […]
The Navy plans on issuing a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to facilitate the upgrade of existing afloat networks. The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contract will have a ten-year ordering period and provide services such as software development, maintenance and delivery of production units and spare parts. According to the Navy’s fiscal 2022 budget […]
A new software repository from the Army Communications-Electronics Command is streamlining the service’s distribution of cyber patches and giving officials insights on which units are downloading them. The one-stop software shop enables CECOM to ensure that command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems under its purview are protected from cyber threats. According […]
The Army is in the final stages of publishing an updated field manual on how soldiers execute cyber operations. Speaking at AFCEA TechNet Augusta, Brig. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general for the service’s Cyber Center of Excellence, said the updated document will be adopted by the whole Army instead of being used exclusively for training […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released new guidance to help organizations protect sensitive and personal information from ransomware-caused data breaches. The guidance recognizes the shift in ransomware tactics, with malicious actors abandoning their previous passive approach of rendering devices unusable until the ransom is paid. Now, attackers threaten to sell or leak sensitive […]
Nineteen startups and small businesses each received $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts from the Space Force during a virtual pitch event held on Aug. 19. The SBIR awards were announced as part of the launch of SpaceWERX, an innovation hub created to leverage commercial companies’ expertise in building cutting-edge space technologies. […]
Echodyne has secured $454,099 in funding from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to explore new use cases for its Metamaterials Electronically Scanning Array radar. The Phase 5 Other Transaction Agreement funding was awarded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, which aims to leverage commercial technologies for homeland security use cases, DHS […]
Workday has announced that its government cloud solution has been granted Ready status at a moderate impact level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that standardizes the approach to security assessment authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud-based services. The milestone puts the enterprise cloud application provider one step […]
The Army is on track to field its Directed Energy-Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense system, which will be equipped onto Stryker infantry carrier vehicles. Marcia Holmes, deputy director of hypersonics, directed energy, space and rapid acquisition at the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, told reporters that the service is committed to maintaining its expedited […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology considers President Joe Biden’s cyber executive order as a “necessary shock to the system” to drive network security efforts. The EO, released in May, requires agencies to enact Biden’s plan to revamp the federal government’s cybersecurity under timelines as short as within 30 days after the order’s signing. […]
