Michael Clark, who heads U.S. Cyber Command’s J9 acquisition and technology directorate, said that preparations are underway to allow his office to handle a much bigger budget coupled with expanded spending authority beginning in 2024. The directorate is set to manage the spending of as much as $3 billion annually, a significant increase from current […]
The U.S. Army approved in June the fielding of the first increment of the Cyber Situational Understanding tool. The tool is designed to provide ground commanders with a better understanding of the cyber and electromagnetic landscapes to make better decisions and improve situational awareness of the Army’s networks. It is not meant to be used […]
Brandon Wales, executive director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, on Monday called on all organizations, large and small, to invest more in cybersecurity because ransomware hackers do not discriminate when choosing their victims. He said that hackers may not be exclusively targeting large companies but smaller entities as well, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Wales […]
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2023 defense bill seeks to ensure the readiness of the U.S. Cyber Command‘s elite cyber mission force. SASC is concerned that the government’s long-standing issues in attracting and retaining cyber talent might affect CYBERCOM’s readiness, FedScoop reported Monday. Congressional aides said that the issues were […]
The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director have issued a memorandum that sets the Biden administration’s cybersecurity priorities for the fiscal year 2024. According to the memo, agencies will focus on investing in zero trust implementation and IT modernization, cross-sector collaboration improvements and digital futures development. These lines […]
The Transportation Security Administration is revising cybersecurity guidelines for pipeline operators that were put in place in July 2021 to take into consideration recommendations made by industry stakeholders. The revision of guidelines was greenlighted after the agency received more than 380 requests from operators to implement alternative measures to those earlier specified, NextGov reported Friday. […]
Booz Allen Hamilton, an information technology consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, announced that it has been authorized by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body as a CMMC third-party assessment organization. The authorization is in line with the Department of Defense’s efforts to help its contractors obtain CMMC certification, Booz Allen said Friday. In […]
The U.S. Air Force is expected to continue providing cybersecurity support to U.S. forces in Europe as the Russia-Ukraine war rages on. Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, the commander of the 16th Air Force, told reporters that his organization is adhering to previously established readiness plans to ensure that cyber warriors will have the necessary tools […]
Senators have proposed legislation seeking to protect federal government computers from future quantum computers. The White House published a memo in May warning about the security implications of the technology. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer can defeat current cryptographic techniques used to protect communications, critical infrastructure and financial transactions, the memo read. The bipartisan Quantum […]
The Department of Justice said in a newly-released report that it is struggling to attract and retain cyber talent due to the relatively meager compensation package it can offer. The report, titled, “Comprehensive Cyber Review,” also points out that the DOJ is not only losing talent to the private sector but also to other government […]
