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 […]
Iboss, a cybersecurity company based in Boston, Massachusetts, announced that its zero trust edge cloud security offering has received full authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides cybersecurity ratings to cloud-based products and services offered to government agencies. An Authorized designation signifies that an offering has […]
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 […]
