Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has disclosed her office’s plan to start offering an automated vulnerability warning program, alerting organizations when they are targeted by hackers. The U.S. cybersecurity agency chief, a 2024 Wash100 winner, discussed how organizations benefit from the program and how it would use its administrative subpoena […]
Terrence Hayes, press secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said that the cyberattack that paralyzed health care payment system Change Healthcare did not result in significant delays within the agency. Hayes shared how the VA rapidly moved to address the more than 40,000 veterans’ medications impacted by the cyber incident, ensuring that the breach […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is aiming to provide a list of critical software products to federal agencies by September 30 in a move to strengthen federal cybersecurity. The list will serve as a reference point, highlighting examples of software that aligns with criteria set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and […]
Anne Marie Schumann has taken her oath of office as the new principal cyber adviser of the Department of the Navy. In the said role, she will provide cyber-related advice to the secretary of the Navy, the chief of naval operations and the commandant of the Marine Corps; facilitate the implementation of the Department of […]
The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency are teaming up to develop the Vulnerability Disclosure Program for the Defense Industrial Base. Also known as DIB-VDP, the voluntary and free program aims to enhance the cybersecurity posture of companies supporting the DIB, as defined by 32 Code of Federal […]
Studies at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s newly established Center for AI Security Research are focused on underresearched cybersecurity challenges tied to artificial intelligence that impact humanity and national security. Since its founding in 2023, CAISER has been researching the influence of AI in cybersecurity amid the increasing usage of generative AI tools and language-learning models. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and international cybersecurity agencies, have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to address the growing threat of the Akira ransomware. The advisory, released in collaboration with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre and the Netherlands’ National Cyber Security Centre, details the evolving tactics, techniques and […]
A report issued by the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Protection Teams and Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch disclosed malicious actors’ common attack strategies in the Marine Transportation System amid the growing number of cyberattacks. An 80 percent increase in ransomware attacks is one of the common trends identified by the 2023 Cyber Trends and Insights in […]
The U.S. Cyber Command has established an artificial intelligence task force with the application of AI in cybersecurity as one of its goals, Gen. Timothy Haugh, CYBERCOM commander, said in his opening keynote speech at the Vanderbilt University’s Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats on Wednesday. The task force is part of the integrated […]
The National Security Agency has published a cybersecurity information sheet to guide National Security System owners and Defense Industrial Base firms deploying externally developed artificial intelligence systems. Titled “Deploying AI Systems Securely: Best Practices for Deploying Secure and Resilient AI Systems,” the CSI is the first release from the NSA’s newly established Artificial Intelligence Security […]
