The Joint Force Headquarters – DOD Information Network could soon be under the U.S. Cyber Command once the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill is signed into law. On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment in the spending bill by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., that will designate the JFHQ-DODIN as a subordinate unified […]
Members of the U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force collaborated for about three months with cyber defenders in the Zambian Information Communication Technology Authority, during which the American team tracked and eliminated vulnerabilities in Zambia’s networks. According to CYBERCOM, the CNMF’s first Zambian deployment is part of its intelligence-driven Defend Forward program to ward […]
National Cyber Director Harry Coker said augmentations to a backbone data transmission algorithm will take effect in more than half of federal IP addresses by the end of 2024 to protect sensitive data from being rerouted to untrusted transmission paths. The algorithm, called the Border Gateway Protocol, was developed in 1989 to accelerate data transfers […]
The Department of Defense is seeking to push the deadline for its zero trust cybersecurity architecture rollout before its original deadline of the end of fiscal year 2027, according to David McKeown, the DOD’s deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer. Speaking at DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks on Wednesday, McKeown, a past Wash100 […]
The National Security Agency has released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet titled “Advancing Zero Trust Maturity Throughout the Application and Workload Pillar,” offering recommendations for organizations to secure applications and ensure continuous workload visibility within a zero trust security model. The NSA recommends a “never trust, always verify” approach for applications and workloads, highlighting a progressive […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command have signed a binding partnership agreement to advance their Constellation pilot program designed to accelerate the delivery of cyber technologies to the Department of Defense. Launched in 2022, the program lays the path for rapidly developing cyber solutions from concept to application, with mechanisms […]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has introduced the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense program to help hospitals and health care systems identify vulnerabilities. HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm said that the UPGRADE program will help protect U.S. health care facilities from bad actors and is […]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has launched the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense program, a $50 million investment program designed to enhance cybersecurity for hospital IT systems. UPGRADE seeks to develop a comprehensive software suite capable of proactively identifying vulnerabilities in systems and networks of devices within the health care ecosystem […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised its guidelines for protecting controlled unclassified information to make cybersecurity procedures clearer and easier for federal agencies and government contractors to navigate. The updated guidance comes in NIST Special Publication 800-171 Rev. 3, titled “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations,” and NIST SP […]
The Federal Communications Commission, after reinstating its net neutrality rules, has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would secure the internet by imposing obligations on broadband internet service providers and their use of the Border Gateway Protocol and the Resource Public Key Infrastructure. In a vote scheduled in June, the FCC will decide whether […]
