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 […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it has detected malware from an advanced persistent threat that had been compromising an entity’s enterprise network since at least March 2020. Dubbed Supernova, the web shell malware exploited vulnerabilities in a Pulse Secure virtual private network device before moving laterally to the affected organization’s SolarWinds Orion server, […]
The Department of the Treasury has issued a notice of proposed contract action to procure cybersecurity assessment services from a small business. The vendor would provide systems security services support and enhance the mission assurance posture of the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General, according to the notice posted on SAM .gov. Under the terms […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an emergency directive in response to the active exploitation of vulnerabilities in certain Pulse Connect Secure products that could allow remote code execution. ED 21-03 instructs affected agencies to mitigate any anomalous activity or active network exploitation by using the Pulse Connect Secure Integrity Tool. The solution […]
Adm. Charles Richard, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has expressed confidence in the cyber resilience of the country’s nuclear command, control and communications network, which links the president to commanders of nuclear forces. Speaking before members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Richard said the NC3 network exists in relative isolation and has tremendous […]
The Missile Defense Agency has completed an on-site cybersecurity assessment of Trident Systems. The evaluation is part of a new directive requiring defense contractors to undergo an in-depth assessment of how well they are implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-171, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations.” […]
