A Department of Energy official said the agency would work with its international allies to promote cybersecurity. In an interview with FedScoop, DOE Chief Information Officer Ann Dunkin said the agency is looking at a collective approach to cybersecurity using collaboration across the government and private sector within and outside the United States. She also […]
The Cyber AB has endorsed the White House’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy, saying that the document supports the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification initiative. According to the organization, which serves as the CMMC’s accreditation body, the strategy aims to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data from cyber threat actors by strengthening public-private collaboration and establishing cybersecurity […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has published an initial draft of Internal Report 8432, titled “Cybersecurity of Genomic Data.” According to NIST, genomic data has played a key role in the growth of the bioeconomy in the United States and possesses unique characteristics that require a different cybersecurity […]
A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency red team recently tested the cyber defenses of an unnamed critical infrastructure organization using commonly used attack methods. According to a CISA advisory, the red team sent emails to seven targets containing links to a fraudulent virtual meeting invite. Two of the targets clicked the links, allowing the installation […]
Three high-ranking information technology officials of Department of Defense components spoke at a Billington Cybersecurity event Tuesday regarding various initiatives to implement a November 2022 zero trust strategy and the White House national cybersecurity strategy. Candice Frost, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command Joint Intelligence Operations Center, said that her unit has been growing its […]
The U.S. government has released a new strategy that seeks to increase the role that industry stakeholders have when it comes to cybersecurity. According to acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, the strategy seeks to rebalance cyber risk management by moving the burden of ensuring cybersecurity from “individuals, small businesses and local governments” towards the […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has expanded its Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program’s approved products list with the addition of SecurityScorecard’s Attack Surface Intelligence solution. Products and services included in the APL are offered to federal agencies to help them enhance the cybersecurity of their systems and enhance their cyber defense capabilities, SecurityScorecard said. […]
The U.S. Cyber Command is working to establish a center focused on all-source cyber intelligence similar to the U.S. Army’s National Ground Intelligence Center and the U.S. Air Force’s Air and Space Center. Speaking at a recent Billington Cybersecurity-hosted event, Col. Candice Frost, commander of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center at CYBERCOM, highlighted the command’s […]
A spokesperson from the U.S. Marshals Service said the agency was hacked earlier in February. According to the spokesperson, the incident was discovered on Feb. 17 when the agency found a “ransomware and data exfiltration event” that affected a standalone system. The affected system was disconnected from the agency’s network. The Department of Justice, the […]
John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, could issue new cloud security measures after Microsoft Azure-hosted emails containing sensitive military data were found to have been publicly accessible online for two weeks. Cmdr. Jessica McNulty, a DOD spokesperson, emailed DefenseScoop Thursday revealing that the server containing the […]
