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 […]
John Sherman, the Department of Defense’s chief information officer, said that defending assets in space from cyberthreats is a growing source of concern in view of the rise of near-peer adversaries like China and Russia. In response to such threats, the DOD is taking take into consideration the security of its space assets when developing […]
Lawmakers have written an open letter urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to propose cybersecurity disclosure and reporting rules to protect investors. The letter was signed by Sens. Jack Reed, Mark Warner, Catherine Cortez Masto, Kevin Cramer, Susan Collins and Angus King and addressed to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler. The senators said that investors should […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has advised U.S. organizations to take extra cybersecurity precautions amid Russia’s military buildup near its border with Ukraine. In a new “Shields Up” alert, CISA said that Russia has previously turned to cyber operations to increase its force projection, a tactic that impacted Ukraine in 2015. While no credible threat […]
U.S. Cyber Command welcomed the members of its Academic Engagement Network during the program’s first virtual event. AEN is USCYBERCOM’s effort to expand the U.S. cybersecurity workforce by partnering with universities nationwide. The program so far has 92 participating institutions, including eight federal institutions, 70 four-year colleges and graduate schools and 14 community colleges, CYBERCOM […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative played a key role in mitigating the impact of the Log4j vulnerability, cybersecurity experts said at a congressional hearing. Established in August 2021, JCDC is an effort to create whole-of-nation cybersecurity plans among stakeholders in the private sector, federal government and state, local, tribal and […]
