The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that it has formed a partnership with Girls Who Code to develop opportunities for young women to pursue careers in cybersecurity and technology. In a statement, the agency said that its partnership with the non-profit organization addresses diversity disparities by working to open cybersecurity and technology careers to […]
The House of Representatives has passed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, a piece of legislation that would allow technology industry leaders to work for the government for a set period of time. The bill would also allow government employees to work with other government agencies. Supporters of the bill said the proposal would […]
The U.S. Navy and Air Force have reaffirmed their mutual cybersecurity reciprocity commitment with the signing of a new memo on the sharing of security testing data for software. The document, which was published Monday, mostly reiterates the reciprocity pact outlined in a 2016 memo, but contains a provision stating that in cases where data-sharing […]
Members of the Federal Communications Commission voiced their unanimous support for the introduction of a new rule that would require mobile network companies to verify the identity of consumers requesting changes to their accounts. During a meeting Thursday, the commissioners backed the proposed guidance as a means to counter SIM card fraud. The commission is […]
The director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has called on the federal and cybersecurity communities to continue providing feedback on the agency’s recently published zero trust implementation guidelines for government agencies. Jen Easterly said that CISA acknowledges the difficulty of adopting the modern security architecture for some agencies, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “We know […]
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm on Tuesday jointly published guidelines for securing virtual private network devices, along with a warning to users that foreign government-backed hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in such networks. The advisory comes alongside the NSA’s repeated warnings about Chinese hackers who are out to […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened its first director commissioning program to recruit specialists for the military branch’s cyber command. The subject matter experts that will be hired will focus on cyberspace operations, cybersecurity, information assurance and cyber threat intelligence. Coast Guard Cyber Command chief Michael Ryan said the initial program rollout will start with […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security have jointly developed preliminary performance goals for the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure control systems. NIST and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency identified nine categories of cybersecurity practices that will serve as the foundation of the performance goals. The guidance is expected […]
The Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice on Friday seeking industry feedback on how to implement rules to prevent the exploitation of infrastructure-as-a-service products for malicious cyber activity. Comments are due within 30 days of the notice’s publication date, Nextgov reported. In the document, the Commerce Department took note of how foreign actors […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, has selected a group of technology firms as partners for a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in line with its zero trust architecture vision. Amazon Web Services, Appgate, Cisco, F5 Networks, FireEye, Forescout, IBM, Ivanti, Lookout, McAfee, Microsoft, Okta, Palo Alto […]
