The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which has already been passed by both the Senate and the House, includes a provision that would require the Pentagon to submit a report on the feasibility of establishing a National Cyber Academy. The envisioned cyber school will be modeled after existing military academies and would recruit and train […]
The Department of Education has awarded SkyePoint Decisions a cybersecurity task order worth $52 million. The task has a five-year period of performance. SkyePoint said it will work with the Enterprise Cybersecurity Group within the department’s Office of Federal Student Aid in evaluating cybersecurity risks for enterprise information systems. FSA is responsible for awarding grants, […]
The Air Force’s 27th Special Operations Communications Squadron Mission Defense Team has completed an in-flight test of the new cyber suite aboard the MC-130J Commando II aircraft. The feat marked the first time the MDT’s capabilities were connected to an operational weapon system outside of laboratories. Cyber analysis conducted by the team could shape preventative […]
The U.S. Senate has approved a piece of legislation that would allocate more resources to strengthen the federal cybersecurity workforce. The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2021 would help develop skilled cybersecurity professionals for the public workforce. Under the act, the Office of Personnel Management must create a rotational workforce development program across […]
The Department of Homeland Security has established a bug bounty program to encourage ethical hackers to probe its systems for vulnerabilities. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told attendees at the Bloomberg Technology Summit that the Hack DHS initiative would offer $500 to $5,000 in rewards for hackers depending on the severity of flaws that they spot […]
A member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency‘s new advisory committee said cloud service providers should not be allowed to charge the government extra for baseline security features that are expected of them in the first place. Alex Stamos, who is also a partner at the Krebs Stamos Group, added that it is “immoral” […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has given federal agencies until Dec. 24 to apply fixes to the Apache Log4Shell system security flaw. The deadline follows CISA’s addition of the vulnerability to its critical remote code execution flaw catalog on Monday. The issue was spotted on Dec. 9 in remote code compromises against the servers […]
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security are asking the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee to propose solutions to help address cyberattacks. During a three-hour meeting on Friday, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly said the committee should come up with short papers that contain recommendations on how to implement cyber defense tactics. She pointed […]
A new Government Accountability Office report noted that the National Institutes of Health had not fully implemented cybersecurity recommendations to resolve system control deficiencies. The report is the public version of a June 2021 limited, official-use-only document detailing the NIH’s struggles on four core security functions: identifying risks, protecting systems from threats and vulnerabilities, detecting […]
Chainalysis, a blockchain data platform company, will provide the data and tools that stock trading platform Robinhood needs to launch its crypto wallet. Robinhood said it will use Chainalysis’ monitoring compliance solution, investigation software and certification programs to help meet regulatory requirements. The crypto wallet is expected to be released to all Robinhood users in […]
