The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are urging private- and public-sector organizations to be extra vigilant against cyber threats ahead of the holiday season. The joint advisory is based on observations from previous events and noted that the agencies did not spot a specific threat. They also stated that malicious cyber actors […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency should assess the effectiveness of its efforts to protect the communications sector, a government watchdog said in a report. The Government Accountability Office said that the communications sector is facing physical and cyber threats at the local, regional and national levels. CISA is the agency most responsible for ensuring […]
The House of Representatives on Friday approved more than $500 million in cybersecurity funding in its version of President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion Build Back Better package. The measure, which passed by a narrow vote of 220-213, earmarked most of the cyber funds to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, The Hill reported Friday. The approved […]
The Small Business Administration is creating a trust algorithm that will be part of its zero trust architecture deployment, an official said. Zero trust is a modern cybersecurity model that operates under the assumption that a threat is already inside a network’s security perimeter. SBA is designing a trust algorithm that it can use to […]
Financial regulators have introduced a new rule that requires banks to report major cybersecurity incidents to federal officials within 36 hours. The rule will take effect on May 2022. The Computer-Security Incident Notification for Banking Organizations and Their Bank Service Providers was created by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors […]
Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha is considering adopting a workforce recruitment strategy similar to the U.S. Digital Service’s tour-of-duty model to attract federal tech talent in the short term. Applicants hired under the USDS model serve a maximum term of four years but DeRusha wants to onboard talent for shorter stints of about […]
The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency on Thursday published new guidance directing operators of 5G cloud networks to cryptographically isolate critical containers. In the document, the two agencies called on operators to focus on protecting data by using hardware techniques like Trusted Execution Environments, FedScoop reported Thursday. The guidance defines […]
AT&T has launched an integrated managed cybersecurity solution designed to protect the information technology infrastructure of federal agencies. The AT&T Government Trusted Internet is built to the standards of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Trusted Internet Connection 3.0 cybersecurity guidance. The solution offers software-defined wide area networking technology, security capabilities and fiber connectivity as […]
President Joe Biden has signed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which contains almost $2 billion in funding for cybersecurity initiatives. The Federal Emergency Management Agency received the largest chunk of the cybersecurity funding, getting $1 billion for a cyber grant program that would support state and local governments over the next four […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to be among the first agencies to be notified whenever cyber breaches occur, and the agency wants this to be clearly stipulated in the incident disclosure legislation currently being put together by Congress. This was the bureau’s reaction to a Senate bill that puts the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]
