The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded CGI Federal a 16-month, $17.4 million deal under the Global Infrastructure and Development Acquisition blanket purchase agreement for cybersecurity support. The deal involves support for the implementation of zero trust architecture and the employment of a Digital Forensics Lab overseeing NRC operations and data integrity, CGI said. Located within […]
The White House has appointed Anjana Rajan as assistant director for technology security. Rajan, who most recently worked as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Cornell University’s Cornell Tech campus, joined the White House Office of the National Cyber Director on Oct. 24. She previously served as chief technology officer at anti-human trafficking nonprofit organization Polaris where she […]
Carahsoft Technology will begin providing an artificial intelligence-powered identity verification and fraud prevention platform created by Socure, an information technology firm located in Incline Village, Nevada. As master government aggregator for the ID+ software, Carahsoft aims to expand federal access through its reseller network and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprisewide Procurement V […]
The National Security Agency has awarded Mercy College a two-year, $465,398 grant for cybersecurity-related work. Mercy College’s faculty members and staff will use the funding to develop a method of reducing cybersecurity gaps that lead to data breaches. The resulting technology will address the human component, especially hackers and former employees who may break through […]
The Biden administration has launched the second International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit, where participants will discuss various cyberthreats and how to prevent them. According to a senior administration official, the United States will be joined by over 30 countries, including Mexico, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. One of the topics that will be […]
The Department of Defense needs to find a way to bring foreign vendors into the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program as the agency looks to implement the requirement in all contracts by 2023. Stacy Bostjanick, chief of defense industrial base cybersecurity and deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the DOD, said during a PreVeil […]
Brett Baker, inspector general for the U.S. Archives and Records Administration, did not agree with the Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum that introduces a self-attestation security policy for software purchased by federal agencies. Baker, a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Security Privacy Advisory Board, believes agencies should not rely […]
Zetra Batiste, the enterprise chief information security officer for cybersecurity supply chain risk management at the Department of State, spoke with Federal News Network about government efforts to kickstart the use of software bills of materials, which are records of program components and their sources and dependencies. The State Department is in the process of […]
The White House has expanded the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to include the chemical sector. Under the expanded effort, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency worked with chemical companies to create the Chemical Action Plan, which promotes higher cybersecurity standards across the industry. The Chemical Action Plan will focus on facilities that present chemical […]
Companies that participate in public alert systems, including broadcasters and cable providers, must report unauthorized access to their emergency alert system equipment within 72 hours under the latest rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking after the Federal Emergency Management Agency discovered during the DEF CON hacking […]
