The Government Accountability Office said federal departments have implemented less than half of the cybersecurity recommendations it issued since 2010. According to a GAO report issued on Thursday, federal agencies have been slow in implementing recommendations, and the lackluster pace should be a sign for the Biden administration to release a national cybersecurity strategy with […]
The Department of Defense issued a draft solicitation on Friday for contractors to facilitate a third run of Hack the Pentagon, a white-hat hacker competition aimed at locating vulnerabilities in the agency’s information technology systems. The Washington Headquarters Services, a DOD component responsible for administrative operations, seeks to uncover potential exploits in the Facility Related […]
Two House lawmakers have introduced a bill seeking to establish a National Digital Reserve Corps to address gaps in the government’s tech and cyber workforce. Under the bill proposed by Reps. Tony Gonzales and Robin Kelly, private sector personnel with skills and experience in resolving digital challenges can sign up to be part of the […]
New York Rep. Ritchie Torres has asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Transportation to review vulnerabilities that might impact national air travel. Torres’ request, which was directed to CISA Director and 2022 Wash100 winner Jen Easterly, follows a system outage within the Federal Aviation Administration on Jan. 11 that caused […]
SentinelOne will support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s effort to secure critical systems from cyber threats as a new member of CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. As part of the public-private partnership, SentinelOne will exchange cyber risk information with other JCDC members, help them gather and analyze data using its Singularity XDR autonomous cybersecurity […]
NTT has joined the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a group of government and commercial organizations led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that focuses on protecting key infrastructure and functions by forming defense strategies, fusing information and distributing guidance. CEO and President Akira Shimada said that public-private collaboration will be necessary to deter cyber […]
The National Science Foundation has chosen nine universities to receive a combined $29 million in funding under CyberCorps Scholarship for Service, which is aimed at supporting cybersecurity workforce recruitment and retention in government. Each recipient will establish grant programs intended to finance applicants’ learning on the condition that they take on cybersecurity roles at the […]
The Department of the Interior has lax cybersecurity practices that leave it vulnerable to phishing scams and hacks, the agency’s Office of the Inspector General found. The OIG said in a report that it was able to crack over 18,000 out of nearly 86,000 active passwords, including those from accounts with elevated privileges and over […]
The U.S. Air Force’s 8th Communication Squadron employs cyber tools allowing members to identify and resolve potential vulnerabilities in the Kunsan Air Base’s network. 2nd Lt. Christopher Jeon, 8th CS cyber defense officer in charge, highlighted the importance of the cyber defense team’s work, noting that if an adversary gained access to the base’s network, […]
Rob Main, a former North Carolina chief risk official, said in a recent interview that chief information security officers have become more important amid rising cyber threats to the government. He highlighted his state’s holistic cybersecurity approach based on the notion that attacks on the local level could have ripple effects on larger government entities. […]
