The Department of Veterans Affairs’s deputy chief information security officer said cyber resilience should be one of the priorities federal agencies consider when modernizing systems. Speaking at a Center for Strategic and International Studies-hosted event, Amber Pearson shared that several agencies still use outdated systems and need to look at which areas should be prioritized […]
The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity has designated the University of Alabama in Huntsville as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research for the second time. Tommy Morris, director of the university’s Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education, said that the designation allows the institution to be at the cutting edge of […]
Quantum-safe encryption solutions provider Arqit Quantum has entered into a partnership with Carahsoft Technology to make the Arqit Symmetric Key Agreement Platform available to the U.S. government. The platform enables end-customers to securely move from complex public-key infrastructure to a platform designed for the cloud and a network of connected devices. The availability of the […]
U.S. Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh assumed leadership of the U.S. Cyber Command during a change of command ceremony Friday at Fort Meade in Maryland, taking over from U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone. Haugh, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, also became the director of the National Security Agency and the chief of the Central Security Service, […]
The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Office of the National Cyber Director adopt performance measures and come up with a budget for the implementation of the White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy. According to a GAO audit, the March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy and July 2023 Implementation Plan have so far achieved four out […]
The Department of Energy will test one of Westinghouse Electric’s instrumentation and control systems for potential cyber flaws. The collaboration between the DOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response and Westinghouse Electric is part of the department’s Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial Control and Systems program, which aims to test the cyber resilience […]
The FBI and the Department of Defense have disabled a botnet from a Chinese government-directed hacking campaign called Volt Typhoon. According to court records released on Monday, an unidentified FBI official said that the bureau disrupted the botnet on infected routers by deleting the KV Botnet malware from devices without impacting their data and function. […]
CACI International has secured a potential five-year, $198 million task order to support the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s C5ISR Center. CACI will design and field solutions capable of defeating emerging threats to tactical edge and enterprise systems. John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, shared that the company’s […]
U.S. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the U.S. Cyber Command, has assured lawmakers that the United States will sustain its cyber advantage against China because of its “very good” capabilities and skilled personnel. Testifying before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, he explained that CYBERCOM and National Security Agency operators […]
A report by the Government Accountability Office has found that federal agencies in charge of energy, health care, manufacturing and transportation lack understanding of their sectors’ cyber posture. The report examined six lead agencies in the four sectors and discovered that the agencies have yet to determine the extent to which businesses in their respective […]
