The Ransomware Task Force, a private-sector think tank made up of experts from various industries, has released a framework for how organizations may deal with ransomware attacks. The report, titled “Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action,” provided 48 recommendations on matters such as cyber insurance, cryptocurrency and safe havens for threat actors, according to […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is conducting pilot programs to aggregate cloud logs across multiple departments and agencies in an attempt to better monitor threat activity. Speaking at an FCW-hosted event, CISA Chief Technology Officer Brian Gattoni said the agency is experimenting with endpoint visibility capabilities, with the goal of closing visibility gaps in […]
The Missile Defense Agency has begun implementing a new approach to improving cyber system requirements while streamlining test planning, according to the Government Accountability Office. MDA officials said the new approach replaces the 17 planned cybersecurity operational assessments that it decided to cancel for fiscal year 2020. The new method needs to be fully implemented […]
The National Security Agency has released a cybersecurity advisory on ensuring the security of operational technology and enterprise networks. The document, titled “Stop Malicious Cyber Activity Against Connected Operational Technology,” is targeted at the Department of Defense, the defense industrial base and national security systems, NSA said Thursday. Operational technologies are programmable systems that interact […]
CACI International has been awarded a $447 million contract to provide process and mission technology to the National Security Agency. The single-award contract has a five-year period of performance. The technologies will support the agency’s signals intelligence and cybersecurity missions that government decision-makers rely on for actionable intelligence, including information used for protecting critical networks, […]
Amit Mital, a former board member of aDolus Technology, has been appointed to serve as a senior director in the National Security Council and special assistant to the president. As one of the leaders of the NSC, he will be involved in national cybersecurity strategy and policy matters, aDolus Technology said Tuesday. Mital’s transition to […]
Cigent Technology, a startup backed by In-Q-Tel, has launched its Cigent Data Defense platform, a solution designed to protect individuals as well as companies from malicious insiders, data theft and ransomware attacks. The technology was originally developed for use by government and military organizations. However, Cigent announced Tuesday that Cigent Data Defense can now be […]
Current and former federal officials dissected the concept of zero trust and how it applies to the federal government during the recently concluded Billington Cybersecurity Defense Summit. For Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha, zero trust revolves around three core principles: verifying users, validating devices and limiting network access, Nextgov reported. “This is obviously […]
Axonius has secured a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to provide cybersecurity asset management services to over 70 non-cabinet level federal agencies. Work for the contract falls under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense Group F program. The CDM program equips federal […]
State and local governments should work together in bolstering their cybersecurity and improving their ability to recover from cyberattacks, according to a former top security official. Keith Alexander, a former National Security Agency director and a 2017 Wash100 winner, urged separate jurisdictions to create a “collective defense” against cyber threats, StateScoop reported. “We all have […]
