The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response within the Department of Health and Human Services has released a road map for the health care sector to implement the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity Framework. ASPR developed the Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide in partnership with the private sector and government agencies in view of […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched a new cybersecurity community of interest program for U.S. small businesses. The program would improve collaboration between the NIST and small businesses that provide cybersecurity services. According to Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves, the program would highlight small business needs, capabilities and how they could support […]
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences within the National Institutes of Health is conducting market research to identify small businesses that can provide cybersecurity services to secure data, including protected health information, personally identifiable information, and proprietary and procurement data. NCATS intends to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a one-year base period and two […]
The Transportation Security Administration has announced an emergency amendment to airport and aircraft operator security programs to address persistent threats to U.S. critical infrastructure. Entities regulated by TSA are tasked with devising an implementation plan outlining measures to improve cyber resilience and prevent system disruption and degradation. Such measures include the enactment of network segmentation […]
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 […]
