The Department of Homeland Security is now accepting applications from state, local and territorial governments for funding to strengthen their cyber defenses. Awardees will split $374.9 million in funding provided under the fiscal year 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. Selected SLT governments may use the grant for various cybersecurity initiatives, including conducting cyber […]
The White House is establishing the Government Coordinating Council, a new cyber policymaking body for K-12 institutions. The council is meant to assist schools with responding to cybersecurity attacks and facilitate collaboration between various levels of government. Meanwhile, the Department of Education and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wrote three digital infrastructure briefs to […]
The Defense Information Security Agency assumed control of the SharkSeer cyber defense tool from the National Security Agency on June 30. SharkSeer is a system comprising commercial, government and open-source systems that autonomously detect, alert and block malicious or anomalous elements on the Department of Defense Information Network. It was developed by NSA in 2015 […]
Cybersecurity agencies within and outside the United States have published a joint advisory informing organizations about common vulnerabilities and exposures hackers used in 2022. The advisory, titled “2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities,” includes details on the 12 most exploited cybersecurity flaws and an overview of 30 vulnerabilities hackers use to infiltrate organizations. The document also […]
The Government Accountability Office is creating a report identifying cybersecurity risks facing U.S. embassies resulting from their continued use of legacy software and a lack of cybersecurity personnel, according to people familiar with the matter. GAO began working on the report before Chinese hackers were reported to have accessed the emails of senior officials at […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has selected Washington-based cybersecurity company Tanium to join the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. As a JCDC member, Tanium will work with private- and public-sector organizations and operators in exchanging cyber threat intelligence and disseminating threat indicators to the IT security community. Sam Kinch, director of technical account management at […]
The Department of Defense has published a four-year implementation plan for its cyber workforce strategy. Mark Gorak, the DOD chief information office’s principal director for resources and analysis, said the plan outlines how the department will execute various programs to meet the workforce strategy’s four objectives. Signed in February by Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of […]
IERUS Technologies is among the 46 companies selected to compete for task orders to develop and modify Department of Defense testing and evaluation platforms and facilities for next-generation weapons and cyber systems under a $1 billion U.S. Air Force contract vehicle. The Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum II contract work also […]
The Biden administration has issued a strategy document calling on the government, private sector and civil society groups to work together in addressing cybersecurity workforce shortages. The National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy highlights four important goals: equipping Americans with cyber skills, transforming cyber education, expanding the national cyber workforce and strengthening the federal cyber […]
The Coast Guard Cyber Command has formed a new cyber protection team to provide assessment, threat hunting and incident response capabilities to the Marine Transportation System, which the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency identified as a part of the critical transportation systems sector. The 2003 Cyber Protection Team, deployed to Coast Guard Island, is the […]
