Stuart Itkin Appointed VP of CMMC, FedRAMP Assurance at Coalfire Federal

Coalfire Federal, a provider of cybersecurity services for the U.S. federal government and the defense industrial base, has appointed Stuart Itkin as vice president of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program assurance. Itkin’s recruitment comes after Coalfire Federal received its CMMC third-party assessment organization authorization and registered practitioner organization certification […]
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Lawmakers Ask National Security Leaders to Appoint SolarWinds Cleanup Leader

Lawmakers have called on the homeland security and intelligence communities to name a leader who will coordinate the federal government's response to the SolarWinds hack. Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio said they received briefings suggesting the government's response is disjointed and disorganized. “The federal government's response so far has lacked the leadership and coordination […]
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CMMC Center of Excellence, IAP Partner to Enhance Defense Industry’s Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Center of Excellence has partnered with Ignyte Assurance Platform to boost the resilience of the defense industrial base. IAP provides software for collecting and analyzing data to streamline multiple security frameworks at once, said Interoperability Clearinghouse, the managing partner of the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council. “This is exciting opportunity […]
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FERC Seeks Incentives for Voluntary Cybersecurity Improvements Made by Public Utilities

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to implement an incentive-based policy that rewards electric companies for voluntarily investing in certain cybersecurity improvements. In a notice of proposed rulemaking published on the Federal Register, FERC suggested that the federal government cover costs incurred by public utilities for any cybersecurity improvements they make to their infrastructure that […]
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NIST Introduces New Security Requirements to Improve Data Confidentiality

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published an accompanying document to Special Publication 800-171 that provides federal agencies with enhanced security requirements for protecting controlled unclassified information. SP 800-172, which was published in light of the SolarWinds Orion hack, offers security controls to help agencies structure systems to be resistant against malicious actors, […]
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Mercury Systems Introduces New Secure Rackmount Server for C4ISR, AI Applications

Mercury Systems, a company that develops mission-critical technologies for the defense and aerospace industries, has released a new secure server. The RES Trust XR6 rackmount server, equipped with Mercury Systems’ BuiltSECURE technology, is designed to operate in harsh environments. According to the company, the new secure server delivers trusted performance and built-in data integrity protection […]
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HASC Sets Up New Subcommittees to Focus on Cybersecurity, Intelligence, Special Ops

The House Armed Services Committee has introduced two new subcommittees to share the portfolio of the now defunct intelligence and emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee. The first subcommittee, to be chaired by Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., will be dedicated to cybersecurity, emerging technologies and information systems. Another subcommittee, which will be led by Rep. Ruben […]
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