The FBI recently led Operation Cookie Monster, an international effort to shut down the Genesis Market, an online marketplace for stolen identity data such as platform credentials and biometrics. Multiple individuals were arrested as the website was seized Tuesday with the warrant being issued by an Eastern District of Wisconsin court. A takedown notice on […]
The National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded Rebellion Defense a follow-on contract for continuous cybersecurity services. The company will provide its Rebellion Nova cyberthreat emulator to help the NNSA defend critical infrastructure systems. The solution will simulate attacks based on the agency’s requirements, allowing officials to identify vulnerabilities that significantly impact operations. The contract builds […]
The Naval Network Warfare Command has partnered with the Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command to better defend enterprise networks from malicious cyber actors. According to Cmdr. Brandon Campbell, former NCDOC operations director, and Capt. Christina Hicks, NCDOC’s commanding officer, the commands began their partnership at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to test the Microsoft […]
The Department of Defense’s Directorate for Digital Services has set up a website for Hack the Pentagon, a series of cybersecurity challenges that have white-hat hackers hunt for vulnerabilities in public-facing systems in exchange for money. A DOD press release said that over 2,100 exploits have been found at over 40 bug bounty events overseen […]
The United States and several allies issued a joint statement on March 30, forming an alliance dedicated to supporting groups vulnerable to cyberattacks and other forms of repression from authoritarian governments. The nations joining the U.S. in the Strategic Dialogue on Cybersecurity of Civil Society Under Threat of Transnational Repression are Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, […]
A Department of Defense official said the assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy role is unlikely to be filled by the end of 2023. Speaking during a March 30 House Armed Services Committee hearing, John Plumb, the assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said a federally funded research and development center is currently […]
The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said the Department of Defense’s cybersecurity certification model would protect contractors against hackers trying to infiltrate networks. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 2022 Wash100 winner Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner shared that the Pentagon has been working on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 and with […]
SysNet Technologies’ information security management practices allowed the company to secure certification under the ISO/IEC 27001 standard, which guides organizations in managing and protecting financial information, intellectual property, employee data and information entrusted by third parties. BSI conducted the audit certifying compliance with the ISO/IEC 27001 standard, according to a post by SysNet on LinkedIn. […]
Florida-based cybersecurity firm ConnectWise has partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to improve the cyber posture of managed service providers, organizations to whom enterprises can outsource internal business processes such as information technology and human resources. Efforts are expected to center around the development of relevant solutions and services. […]
The White House expects to release the first public version of an implementation plan for the new national cyber strategy in June. At a Chamber of Commerce event on Monday, Robert Knake, the acting principal deputy national cyber director, said the Office of the National Cyber Director will likely issue plan updates in the future […]
