CISA Adds InfoSec’s AgileSec Analytics to CDM Approved Products List

InfoSec Global Federal announced that its AgileSec Analytics product has been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program‘s Approved Product List. AgileSec Analytics is a toolkit that allows federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity and cryptographic capabilities. It gives users enhanced cryptographic visibility, cryptographic vulnerability identification and management, federal […]
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Defense Department Makes Cyber Trades Available Through Apprenticeship Program

Nine new trades are available under the Department of Defense United Services Military Apprenticeship Program to help address the U.S. military’s workforce needs. Among the nine are cyber defense analyst, cyber digital forensics analyst and cyber intelligence planner. The new trades add to the 15 cybersecurity occupations introduced under USMAP in 2022. DOD officials said […]
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Officials Warn of Further Cyberattacks on Water Infrastructure

U.S. officials have warned in light of recent cyberattacks that malicious nation-state actors could compromise more domestic water infrastructure, potentially affecting supply. In late November, Iranian hackers targeted the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania, shutting down a remotely controlled water pressure regulation device housing Israeli-made components, The Associated Press reported. Advocates say the […]
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Veterans Cybersecurity Group Offers Federal Agencies Solution to Test, Evaluate Zero Trust Architecture

The Veterans Cybersecurity Group has introduced the Zero Trust Proving Ground, giving federal agencies a chance to test and assess their zero trust architecture strategy. Leighton Johnson, VSCG chief technology officer and senior IEEE Zero Trust Working Group member, said the launch of the ZTPG offers significant help at a time when there are no […]
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DOD Releases Cost Projections for CMMC 2.0 Implementation

Defense industrial base companies could spend roughly $4 billion over 20 years to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program, according to new Pentagon estimates. A proposed rule published in the Federal Register Tuesday would oblige contractors and subcontractors handling federal contract information and controlled unclassified information to adopt certain cybersecurity standards depending on […]
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Coast Guard Officials Highlight Necessary Steps for Effective Zero Trust Adoption

U.S. Coast Guard officials said the service needs to invest in data management to get the most out of zero trust. Speaking at the Eastern Defense Summit earlier in December, Capt. Andrew Campen, engineering service division lead official at the Coast Guard Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber and Intelligence Service Center, said understanding and protecting […]
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Iranian Cyber Espionage Group Launches Malware Against US Defense Companies

Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team announced that it has discovered the Iranian cyber espionage group APT33 deploying the new FalseFont malware on the U.S. defense industrial base. The new malware provides a multi-function backdoor for remote access, deploying files and sending information to the malicious operators’ command-and-control servers, the Microsoft team said.  According to the team’s […]
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DOD Eyes Stronger Security Measures for Federal Contract Information

The Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has proposed a rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program that would require defense contractors and subcontractors to apply existing security measures to federal contract information. The rule would also set new controlled unclassified information security requirements for some priority programs, according to a notice posted in […]
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