Jen Easterly and Chris Inglis, nominees for two of the highest cybersecurity positions in the federal government, said they favor imposing mandatory cybersecurity standards on critical infrastructure organizations. During a Senate hearing, Easterly and Inglis said that voluntary standards failed to fend off the advanced persistent SolarWinds attack and the ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline, […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body has authorized Redspin, a division of CynergisTek, to perform assessments on defense contractors seeking compliance with the first three CMMC levels. Redspin is the first authorized CMMC third-party assessment organization and the only candidate C3PAO that passed level 3 requirements. Before being cleared by the CMMC-AB, Redspin first […]
The U.S. government has selected Varonis Systems’ Data Security Platform for the Department of Defense Zero Trust Testbed initiative. The testbed is located at DreamPort, a Columbia, Maryland-based facility for cyber innovation, collaboration and prototyping. The facility was created through a partnership between the U.S. Cyber Command and the Maryland Innovation and Security Institute. The […]
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded SkyePoint Decisions a spot on the $300 million multiple-award blanket purchase agreement that supports the Office of Federal Student Aid and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The BPA provides cybersecurity and privacy support services to the Education Department and will run through the course of five […]
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has been awarded a five-year contract to provide its threat intelligence and analytics platform to Department of Defense analysts. The scoutSuite platform will provide actionable threat intelligence data tailored to the mission needs of the department’s cybersecurity analysts and operators, LookingGlass said Tuesday. DOD awarded the production-other transaction agreement after the Defense […]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is looking for vendors capable of providing cybersecurity services to secure its information technology infrastructure, information systems and data. USCIS said it plans to employ cybersecurity experts across a range of areas, including network design, configuration and operation, FedScoop reported. A draft statement of work posted on SAM .gov […]
The Department of Defense is significantly reducing funding for the so-called hunt forward missions, which are foreign operations carried out by the U.S. Cyber Command to fend off hackers targeting other nations. The DOD is only asking $147.2 million for the operations for fiscal year 2022, marking a big cut from the $431.6 million budget […]
Rep. Ted Lieu has proposed legislation that would require federal government contractors to implement cybersecurity vulnerability disclosure policies and programs. According to Lieu, the Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act would strengthen cybersecurity in the government and private sector by mitigating risks in critical supply chains, Homeland Security Preparedness News reported. “They allow security researchers to find […]
The federal government needs to break down barriers to sharing cyber threat information with the private sector, according to an official from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Matt Hartman, deputy executive director of cybersecurity at CISA, said the private sector has better visibility over the cyber threat environment and is better positioned to detect […]
IBM is working with internal experts and external advisers to establish the IBM Center for Government Cybersecurity. The center will serve as a collaborative environment that will help U.S. government agencies tackle existing and future threats to cyber infrastructure. The center will host events that will focus on the government’s technology priorities, including zero-trust frameworks […]
