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Rep. Nancy Mace, the chair of the House Oversight Committee Cybersecurity Subcommittee, has introduced the Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, which would require federal contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies. VDPs indicate how security researchers should notify organizations when potential exploits are discovered and what rewards can be obtained. Mace explained that mandating every contractor […]

Fairfax, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm WidePoint Corporation will provide its identity and access management solution to an unnamed agency of the Department of Transportation under a three-year, $1.7 million contract. The contract will also include full operations and maintenance services related to WidePoint’s quantum-resistant identity management solution. Certificates and support services that the DOT agency needs […]

Carahsoft Technology will distribute Axonius Federal Systems’ cybersecurity asset management platform to the public sector through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2. Tom Kennedy, vice president of Axonius’ federal wing, said agencies can use the platform to obtain an accurate […]

Representatives of the U.S. Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade shared their capabilities during Cyber Summit 2023, which was held in Wiesbaden, Germany, from July 24 to 27. The USAR-CPB delegation contributed insights during the summit’s discussions and breakout sessions on tactical cyber topics, such as artificial intelligence hunting, intel-based threat hunting and effective incident response […]

Lawmakers are urging the Federal Trade Commission to probe YouTube and parent company Google for potentially violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires parents to consent before companies can gather data on users below 13 years old. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Ed Markey sent a letter to the agency on Thursday after an […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has hosted a three-day election security exercise to prepare for potential cyber and physical incidents during the 2023 and 2024 elections.  The exercise, dubbed Tabletop the Vote, began on Wednesday in partnership with the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors. It […]

Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, is requiring the executive departments aside from the Pentagon to fully comply with 2021 cybersecurity guidance by the end of 2023. He asked the agencies to submit implementation plans by the end of September. In a memo first obtained by CNN, Sullivan warned the Cabinet secretaries that […]