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 […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Norwegian National Cyber Security Centre have released guidance on an actively exploited vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile, a mobile device management solution formerly known as MobileIron Core. According to the joint cybersecurity advisory, advanced persistent threat actors executed a zero-day attack on Ivanti’s software, compromising the […]
A new office has been officially established within the Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors to better meet the cyber warfare needs of the U.S. Army. The Project Management Cyber and Space office will use an acquisition approach tailored to support the Army cyber community. Brig. Gen. Ed Barker, PEO for IEW&S, said […]
Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a potential five-year follow-on contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to expand the deployment of the Thunderdome zero trust security and network architecture program. The follow-on production other transaction authority agreement has a one-year base period that will begin in August and four one-year option periods. Under the OTA, […]
Nathaniel Fick, the Department of State’s ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy, is advocating for greater cybersecurity assistance to allies as digital matters grow more important to national security. Fick added that the United States should ramp up its role in building up these countries’ cyber infrastructure while incorporating artificial intelligence, quantum computing […]
Harley Geiger, a counsel at the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, said the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new cyber incident reporting policy could put businesses at greater risk. On Wednesday, the SEC approved rules that give public companies four days to reveal breaches classified as material to investors. Such disclosures will be publicly viewable […]
A joint advisory from U.S. and Australian cybersecurity agencies has identified common security vulnerabilities in websites and web apps that can be easily exploited and abused in large-scale data breaches. The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency partnered with the Australian Cyber Security Centre on the cybersecurity advisory titled “Preventing Web […]
