Ken Bible, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief information security officer, has raised concerns about the adoption of self-assessments under the revamped version of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The CMMC, which initially required all defense contractors to be evaluated by third-party assessors, was simplified so that companies seeking level 1 […]
A European oversight group revealed that a malicious hacker sent spam emails from an FBI email server to at least 100,000 individuals. The email referenced cybersecurity writer Vinny Troia and The Dark Overlord, a cybercriminal group that threatened to leak 9/11 information in 2019. Troia’s company, Night Lion Security, published research on the group in […]
A group of Democratic senators is asking the departments of Education and Homeland Security to improve K-12 institution cybersecurity measures. Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.; Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.; Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., said in a letter that K-12 schools are exposed to cyberattacks from various actors driven by a rapid rise in […]
The Department of Defense is calling on the U.S. cybersecurity industry to help strengthen the resilience of international allies and partners, a top official said. Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said that the DOD frequently receives requests for cybersecurity support from its allies in NATO, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, […]
The Department of Defense will formally launch a new zero trust implementation office sometime in December, a top department 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. The architecture will not trust any user based solely on its physical […]
The revamped version of the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification could take as much as two years before taking effect, the head of the program said. Speaking at a town hall meeting, Buddy Dees, director of CMMC within the office of the undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, said the rulemaking process for the […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will release directives aimed at strengthening cybersecurity in the water and chemical industries, the agency’s top official said during an industry event hosted by Wired. CISA Director Jen Easterly said that the directives will be part of a larger effort to improve the resilience of critical infrastructure sectors, FCW […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Colorado-based Axellio a $4.97 million contract to expand the Garrison Defensive Cyberspace Operations Platform. Work on the contract will ensure that GDP can be deployed from anywhere around the world. Axellio, a provider of cyber threat detection and response solutions, will work with World Wide Technology to provide defense cyber […]
Chief information officers representing several federal agencies called for the allocation of more congressional funds so their agencies can afford to comply with a recent cybersecurity executive order. President Joe Biden’s EO, which was signed in May, directs agencies to put in place zero trust architectures and multi-factor authentication, prompting the CIOs to bring up […]
Cloudera said that its integrated data platform offers capabilities aligned with the Biden administration’s mandate to strengthen the government’s cybersecurity. The company launched Cloudera Data Platform in September 2019, touting an enterprise data management solution that offers a range of analytics, edge-computing and artificial intelligence capabilities. CDP boasts a combination of real-time threat detection capabilities […]
