The Internal Revenue Service‘s Office of Safeguards is looking for a contractor that can provide support services to ensure that other agencies are protecting federal tax information. According to a request for information posted on SAM .gov, the contractor must perform preparatory agency outreach, pre-review analysis, automated and manual computer security scans, findings reporting and […]
Nate Fick, the nominee to become the first U.S. ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy, said he wants to ensure that the Department of State will be a key component in cybersecurity and digital policy matters. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fick shared that while the U.S. has been a solid […]
General Dynamics Information Technology will provide cyber operations support to the Army National Guard under a $267 million contract the company secured on July 7. Work will focus on securing the Department of Defense Information Network utilized by over 124,000 users at 3,000 locations. Information technology services and zero trust solutions will be used to […]
The Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Department of Agriculture has selected the team of Alpha Omega Integration and Dynamo Technologies to provide cybersecurity operations support. Services required under the $86 million contract include cyber defense, incident response and operations, detection and monitoring, network and system security, and cybersecurity architecture. Work will be […]
Senators have introduced legislation that would protect federal data centers across the U.S. from cyber threats and weather-related disasters. The Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2022 will require the Office of Management and Budget to develop standardized cybersecurity requirements for federal facilities that host sensitive IT and cyber infrastructure. OMB will have six months […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program’s Joint Authorization Board has granted a High Authority to Operate certification to Zscaler’s cybersecurity service, allowing the company to meet the high-security requirements of civilian agencies, the Department of Defense and other intelligence organizations. Securing FedRAMP’s highest authorization means Zscaler Internet Access has passed a series of audits […]
The National Science Foundation has invested $25.4 million in research projects focused on cybersecurity and privacy. NSF will award the funding as grants under the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace research program. Jeremy Epstein, NSF’s lead officer for the program, said that Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace has given out 200 research awards in 2022 so far […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a six-month Other Transaction Agreement extension to Booz Allen Hamilton for the execution of a Thunderdome prototype. Thunderdome is a zero trust security model designed to improve cybersecurity, particularly around data protection. It integrates with the agency’s Cloud Defensive Cyber Operations, situational awareness tools, Enterprise Comply to Connect, […]
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, announced that the Environmental Protection Agency is poised to include cybersecurity assessments in sanitation reviews conducted on U.S. critical water facilities. The White House previously said that such cybersecurity reviews would be done on concerned companies only voluntarily because of limitations in the EPA’s […]
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a 2022 Wash100 winner, announced that her agency has just expanded a cybersecurity memorandum of cooperation with the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine. The U.S. official said she was “incredibly pleased” to sign the MOC as she warned of […]
