The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center’s Cyber Training Academy offers various training services to help operators improve their cybersecurity skills. Casey Szyper, the director of DC3 CTA, said the academy’s goal is to provide easily accessible training and education that would allow operators to protect defense information systems from unauthorized use, counterintelligence and fraudulent […]
The Biden administration plans to increase baseline cybersecurity measures for the communications, water and health care sectors. The cybersecurity effort will be carried out by the Federal Communications Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services. The cyber regulations plan is the latest step that the White House is taking […]
The Technology Modernization Board will provide funds in fiscal year 2023 to the U.S. Army’s Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection Project, an initiative for the modernization and upkeep of Organic Industrial Base Operational Technology systems through patching vulnerabilities and improving the cyber posture of personnel that monitor and respond to incidents. To defend the OIB OT, […]
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command has conducted a cybersecurity exercise involving Navy reservists to strengthen system defenses against cyberattacks. During Operation Cyber Dragon, performed from March to August, participants were successful in securing unclassified computer networks from cyber threats. It resulted in upskilling individuals with no or little technical experience and led to the creation of […]
The Biden-Harris administration has announced in a fact sheet that it will hold a stakeholder meeting to discuss a product labeling system meant to secure internet of things products. The proposed label would signify that an item conforms with U.S. government standards and has been tested by approved entities. The move follows a directive to […]
The Hawaiian defense department has revealed that several systems were targeted by a distributed denial of service attack, which the agency linked to the Russia-based hacker group Killnet. Officials said the DDoS attack focused on systems hosting the landing page for 15 state airport websites, including the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Hawaii’s Office of […]
The Department of the Treasury is seeking information on potential steps to support the cyber insurance market. According to a request for information posted on Sept. 29, the department is looking into potential risks to the cyber insurance market and policies that could help address such risks. One measure that the Treasury is considering is […]
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have unveiled the most common vulnerabilities China has been exploiting since 2020 to access the government and critical infrastructure networks of the U.S. and its allies. In a new cybersecurity advisory, the agencies said that China-sponsored cyber actors aim to steal intellectual […]
A sole source contract worth potentially more than $26 million has been awarded to CounterCraft to expand access to its cyber deception technology to the Department of Defense and the federal government. The win caps off a multiyear process to create a platform that addresses some of the DOD’s cybersecurity requirements. David Barroso, CounterCraft’s CEO […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory‘s Information Directorate plans to use experimental cube satellites to create a training environment for space domain cybersecurity. Thomas Parisi, a program manager at the AFRL Information Directorate, said the Stellar Space Cyber Range will replicate a real-world satellite operations center that will allow military researchers and operators to practice efforts […]
