U.S. and Israeli military cyber units trained together at the Georgia Cyber Center to defeat threats in the information space. During the Cyber Dome VII event, personnel fought against a fictional Mediterranean dictator and his team of hackers. Paul Mays, a Cyber Dome VII event organizer who works for the Cyber National Mission Force, said […]
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill designed to improve the federal government’s protections against quantum computing-enabled threats. Once enacted, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act will require the Office of Management and Budget to prioritize the acquisition of and migration to IT systems with post-quantum cryptography. The White House will also be required to […]
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis will seek stronger cybersecurity cooperation with Japan during his official visit to the country in the coming weeks. According to Mark Montgomery, former executive director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, the trip could include efforts to encourage other allied countries to improve cyber resilience and preparation and talks about contributing […]
Empower AI has secured a potential two-year, $14 million task order to support the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command’s Mission Engineering directorate. Under the task order, Empower AI will provide cybersecurity support services to ensure that ISEC-MED will be able to address evolving cyber missions. Specific support services to be delivered include cybersecurity life […]
The proposed fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act contains provisions that require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and National Security Agency to study a potential cyber information collaboration environment and report the findings to the armed services committees in Congress by Apr. 30, 2023. The NDAA called for a single platform for cybersecurity-related […]
The Cyber AB has authorized Raleigh, North Carolina-based accounting firm Cherry Bekaert as a CMMC third-party assessment organization. As a C3PAO, Cherry Bekaert will be allowed to assess Department of Defense contractors under the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessments program in partnership with the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center. The company can offer services to […]
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, headed the fifth Cybersecurity Advisory Committee on Tuesday to formulate its strategic direction for 2023. The 2022 Wash100 awardee said that the group will continue to work toward building U.S. cyber resilience and addressing cyberspace challenges. According to Tom Fanning, chair of CSAC and chairman, […]
The Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has prioritized IronNet’s application for a provisional authority to operate at the high impact level, which would allow the company to deploy its Collective Defense platform to more federal agencies. Collective Defense, powered by Amazon Web Services, offers protection of sensitive, unclassified data […]
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, said Thursday at the 2022 Government Identity Security Virtual Summit that a study on the relationship between cybersecurity and user experience is underway. He explained that DISA aims to strike a balance between ease of data access and security requirements. The study is […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board will review recent attacks that are linked to the global extortion-focused hacking group Lapsus$. According to the DHS, Lapsus$ used various techniques to bypass commonly used security controls and was able to infiltrate several companies worldwide. Following the investigations, CSRB will develop recommendations on how organizations […]
