Virginia-headquartered Telos Corporation announced the award of a one-year contract extension with the National Security Agency for enhanced cybersecurity. The $1.5 million contract marks a continuation of a 14-year relationship with the NSA and includes an expansion of the Xacta solution’s deployment with the upgrade to Xacta 360, Telos said Thursday. In a statement, Telos […]
Carahsoft Technology announced that it has entered into a partnership with cybersecurity company Tanium to help the public sector successfully manage, secure and protect networks. The partnership will see Tanium’s endpoint management and security platform being made available to the government market through a significantly expanded distribution network, Carahsoft said Wednesday. In a statement, Carahsoft […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new online catalog that contains free tools and services that would help critical infrastructure owners and operators in mitigating cyber threats. The new resource was established as tensions with Russia grow over the conflict in Ukraine. The new resource repository is separated into different sections that […]
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting public feedback on its proposed revisions to the Cybersecurity Framework. NIST’s CSF is a voluntary framework that includes standards, guidelines and best practices for managing cybersecurity risks. The request for information is focused on three categories: changes to the framework itself, alignment of […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency and the FBI have issued a joint warning about Russian state-sponsored hackers targeting U.S. defense contractors cleared to receive classified information from the Department of Defense. Both large and small cleared defense contractors have been targeted for unclassified proprietary information, CISA said Wednesday. Cyber actors […]
The Department of Energy has its eyes set on developing a common platform for detecting cyber threats across the country’s power grid under a new plan enabled by the recently-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and a cross-governmental effort to improve the security of critical operational systems, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. Launched in 2021, the effort […]
The National Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center announced that it has been named as one of three agencies that can provide cybersecurity assistance to companies doing business with the Department of Defense. The move reinforces the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Shields Up advisory that was issued amid fears of state-sponsored cyberattacks against critical […]
The United States government has called on agencies, businesses and other critical organizations to fortify their defenses against possible Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks as the situation along the Ukrainian border further deteriorates. The call for heightened alertness was made through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Shields Up warning, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. On Monday, CISA’s alert […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking information on how artificial intelligence and machine learning can spot and stop cyberattacks at nuclear power plants. According to a sources sought notice posted on SAM .gov, vendors must evaluate technologies and approaches for analyzing nuclear plants’ cybersecurity posture. They must then conduct research to determine if AI and […]
Dragos, a cybersecurity software developer, has entered into a public-private partnership with the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Under the partnership, the agencies will adopt the company’s Neighborhood Keeper, which is designed to enable secure intelligence sharing across industrial control system and operational technology networks in real time. The NSA […]
