The U.S. Navy said broadening international cybersecurity collaboration would improve best practices, toolkits, information exchange and other capabilities. Scott St. Pierre, acting principal cyber adviser at the Department of the Navy, shared that multilateral collaboration allows the service to share its experiences with others, while sailors learn from their partners about unique ways to improve […]
The U.S. military’s cybersecurity officials are seeking ways to provide secure arrangements for small defense industry partners unable to afford cybersecurity tools and services required under the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, which is set to be implemented soon. According to Tony Plater, the Department of the Navy’s chief information security officer, providing […]
Jude Sunderbruch, director of the Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center, is predicting that adversaries will soon begin executing cyberattacks using artificial intelligence, resulting in “AI versus AI” conflicts. Speaking at a recent DefenseScoop event, he called on the United States and its allies to explore how to use existing AI systems to overtake China, […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has released a document and a new website to help health care organizations embrace high-impact cybersecurity practices and have access to resources on improving their cyber posture. On Wednesday, the HHS issued voluntary health care-specific cybersecurity performance goals to help with prioritizing and implementing the best cybersecurity practices, […]
U.S. and South Korean officials met in Seoul for the seventh U.S.-ROK Cyber Policy Consultations meeting, where they reaffirmed their commitment to promoting international cybersecurity and bilateral cybersecurity cooperation. During the U.S.-ROK Cyber Policy Consultation meeting, the officials updated each other on their respective countries’ national cyber policies and discussed cooperation and developments in regional […]
A new bill introduced by House and Senate lawmakers would compel the agriculture secretary to conduct biennial studies on cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities in the food and agriculture industries. Reps. Brad Finstad and Elissa Slotkin and Sens. Tom Cotton and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act on Thursday in light of a […]
The federal government is collaborating with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to protect the nation from cyberthreats. Researchers at the facility have been involved in better understanding zero trust to help protect critical infrastructure from cyber actors wanting to cause damage to the U.S. economy and national security. PNNL has turned to zero trust principles […]
The main objective of the annual President’s Cup competition is to highlight skilled members of the federal workforce, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official managing the challenge. Michael Harpin, the competition’s section chief at CISA, said the cybersecurity game provides recognition to talent who would not normally receive recognition due to the […]
NUTS Technologies announced that it has secured an “Awardable” status from the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace for its Insider Threat Defense solution. ITD is a solution that helps government users mitigate insider threats even from privileged IT administrators. According to NUTS, ITD enforces need-to-know protocols on classified and top secret […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the FBI released new guidance to help water and wastewater systems operators and owners fend off cyberthreats. The guidance highlights four stages of cyberthreat incident response: preparation; detection and analysis; containment, eradication and recovery; and post-incident activities. For each stage, WWS sector organizations are […]
