Caitlin Conley, senior adviser to the director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has been tasked to support election security efforts by leading partnership engagement and coordination efforts with relevant officials. Her new duties were announced by CISA Director Jen Easterly, who emphasized that protecting elections is one of the organization’s chief priorities. Easterly, […]
The Government Accountability Office has published a report calling for the appointment of a permanent national cyber director to oversee efforts to address cyber threats to the United States. Currently, Kemba Walden is the acting head of the Office of the National Cyber Director. She succeeded Chris Inglis, who resigned from the role earlier in […]
Congress has received word of a data breach impacting the Department of Health and Human Services that potentially compromised the information of over 100,000 individuals. The attack involved the exploitation of a weakness in Progress Software’s MOVEit, a file transfer solution used by various government agencies and commercial firms. According to the HHS official that […]
The U.S. Cyber Command said its Under Advisement program improves cybersecurity capabilities by sharing information with the private industry and other partners. Maj. Gen. William Hartman, commander of CYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force, said UNAD, an unclassified program, supports the private sector’s ability to obtain cybersecurity daya by delivering expertise and insights, which companies can […]
The Department of Defense’s Cyber Crime Center Vulnerability Disclosure Program has partnered with George Mason University’s Information Systems and Operations Management to address the scalability challenges faced by VDP due to increased demand for the program’s services following the conclusion of its pilot in 2022. The Defense Industrial Base-VDP Pilot was a 12-month voluntary program […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working on a new resource center to guide federal agencies in complying with cyber supply chain risk management and software security standards, including those from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Speaking at FCW’s Supply Chain Workshop, Shon Lyublanovits, C-SCRM project management office lead at CISA, shared […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded enterprise software-as-a-service company SandboxAQ the Prototype Quantum Resistant Cryptographic Public Key Infrastructure other transaction authority agreement. According to SandboxAQ CEO Jack Hidary, the company will deliver its Security Suite offering to improve national defense capabilities. The SandboxAQ Security Suite uses agile cryptography resistant to quantum-enabled decryption to protect […]
Industry representatives told members of the House Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee during a Thursday hearing that the private sector should do more to integrate unconventional cyber workforce prospects such as veterans and those without college degrees. Tara Wisniewski, executive vice president for advocacy, global markets and member engagement at the nonprofit […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is considering modernizing or replacing Einstein, one of the key technologies within the National Cybersecurity Protection System, which provides federal network defense. CISA is seeking industry feedback to inform future plans for the Einstein system. According to a request for information, the changing threat landscapes brought by technological advancements […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office is seeking white papers for its three-year Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security Program. According to DARPA, the INGOTS program will address cybersecurity issues affecting web browsers, mobile operating systems and other complex systems. Research proposals for the program must include artificial intelligence- and program analysis-driven […]
