Gen. David Allvin, the White House nominee to serve as the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, has pledged to advance cyber force readiness efforts if he is confirmed. Allvin, the current Air Force vice chief of staff, wrote to lawmakers ahead of his confirmation hearing that the service would continuously undertake enterprise-wide reviews to […]
The Department of Defense’s deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy said creating an independent cyber military service poses administrative challenges because of the different functions military branches perform. Speaking at a Defense Writers Group event, Mieke Eoyang shared that the military branches’ missions are enabled by technologies designed to meet specific requirements. This means that […]
QuSecure said its post-quantum cryptography products are now available on the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule. According to QuSecure, its products can provide government users quantum-resistant protection through PQC algorithms and seamless integration into existing government IT infrastructure. The company added that its solutions adhere to government security standards and certifications, including those recognized […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Forescout Technologies a new contract for the fourth stage of the Comply-to-Connect cybersecurity program. Forescout noted that the C2C program’s first three phases, for which it had also won contracts, are well underway in providing visibility, compliance assessment and automated remediation. According to Forescout, the new contract involves configuring […]
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical has awarded Rebellion Defense a Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research contract to provide continuous automated penetration testing capabilities through Nova, an adversary emulation solution. Nova is meant to reproduce state-backed adversary tactics, techniques and procedures. According to Rebellion, it facilitates automated penetration testing and […]
The Department of Homeland Security has warned critical infrastructure operators against actors using artificial intelligence to disrupt operations. According to the annual Homeland Threat Assessment report, state-backed hackers are using AI to infiltrate services and influence the United States’ election process and to develop faster, more efficient and more evasive malware for large-scale attacks. The […]
The National Security Agency and its federal agency partners have released a joint cybersecurity information sheet on how deepfake technology could present cybersecurity risks for the Department of Defense, defense industrial base organizations and national security systems. According to NSA applied research mathematician Candice Rockell Gerstner, cyber actors use deepfake to manipulate authentic media easily, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new roadmap for securing open-source software in the government. From fiscal years 2024 to 2026, the agency aims to establish its role in the effort, improve its understanding of OSS usage and risks, address such risks and harden the broader ecosystem. Eric Goldstein, CISA’s executive assistant […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos company Dynetics a $124.7 million contract to support Survivability and Resiliency Exercises, where the capability of soldiers and critical weapon systems to operate amid cyber electromagnetic activities is assessed and tested. Jonathan Pettus, senior vice president and operations manager for aerospace, defense and civil operations at Dynetics, said the […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has increased threat information sharing with federal agencies, scientific research institutions, medical device manufacturers and other organizations for improved cyber incident prevention. Speaking at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, Karl Mathias, chief information officer for HHS, said the agency has enhanced information sharing in recent years through its Health […]
