The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a J6 Enterprise Technology Services task order to SNR Government IT Services, a SkyePoint Decisions business, to provide cybersecurity assessment and authorization analyst support services. SNR GovIT personnel are experienced in assessing and validating security controls and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, SkyePoint said Thursday. Tetra Tech subsidiary […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced a feedback solicitation procedure as part of the agency’s efforts to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan. According to CISA, the feedback solicitation period would inform the NCIRP 2024 planning effort, directed by the Biden administration’s 2023 National Security Strategy. The NCIRP 2024 is grounded on […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced a feedback solicitation procedure as part of the agency’s efforts to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan. According to CISA, the feedback solicitation period would inform the NCIRP 2024 planning effort, directed by the Biden administration’s 2023 National Security Strategy. The NCIRP 2024 is grounded on […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center and the FBI issued on Wednesday their jointly developed manual identifying malicious cyber tactics and countermeasures against hackers. The agencies’ work, titled “Phishing Guidance, Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One,” details two common hacker objectives: phishing for […]
A Department of Defense representative said Rand has submitted the results of a study on designating an assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act requires the DOD to establish the post, The Record reported Wednesday. In an email sent Tuesday, the representative wrote that a review of the findings […]
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has selected Lockheed Martin to support the National Cyber Range Complex, which provides enterprise infrastructure and expertise to plan and execute realistic cybersecurity tests, evaluations, experiments, mission rehearsal exercises and training events. Under an agreement with the Army, Lockheed will use its experience in cyber defense, readiness, testing and training […]
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has opened a new National Cyber Range facility to provide a secure virtual environment for technology developers to test solutions for cyber vulnerabilities. According to the Naval Air Systems Command, the new facility, located at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, will focus on cyber testing […]
Accenture Federal Services and Google have formed the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence as part of a new partnership to support U.S. federal agencies’ rapid detection and response to cyberattacks. The center expands the two companies’ alliance that began with the Accenture Google Cloud Business Group in 2018 and was further broadened in April. The new […]
Fortress Information Security has announced that it is now part of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. As a JCDC member, Fortress will offer its experience in building partnerships with organizations providing supply chain resilience solutions for the U.S. power grid. Alex Santos, CEO and co-founder of Fortress, said the company […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has updated the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot to alert all organizations about vulnerabilities in their systems that could enable a ransomware attack. Prior to the update, the RVWP only provided network vulnerability notifications and access to a catalog of vulnerabilities commonly exploited by ransomware actors to critical infrastructure entities. […]
