The Department of Defense is balancing the vital task of managing the risks associated with cybersecurity and promoting innovation with newly released guidance. Signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on May 2, the new guidance mandates “testing re-use and reciprocity to be implemented by any authorized official within the department except when the […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Accenture Federal Services a $789 million contract to strengthen cybersecurity for the service’s global maritime forces. The contract, which has an initial five-year base period with the potential to be extended for an additional five years, centers on supporting the Navy’s SHARKCAGE program, an initiative aimed at establishing a unified […]
CounterCraft and Carahsoft Technology are teaming up to bring CounterCraft’s advanced threat detection solutions to public sector organizations through Carahsoft’s reseller network and government procurement contracts. CounterCraft’s deception-based platform offers law enforcement, national defense and security agencies advanced threat detection, empowering them to rapidly identify and neutralize cyberattacks, including the ones from nation-state actors, Carahsoft […]
The U.S. State Department has released its International Cyberspace and Digital Policy Strategy, outlining a cooperative approach to international technology diplomacy. In line with the National Security Strategy and the National Cybersecurity Strategy, the international strategy aims to foster an innovative, secure and rights-respecting digital world, the State Department said. The core principle of the […]
The Biden-Harris administration has released the second version of the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan, an update to the federal government’s efforts to improve the national cyber posture. Among the new objectives included in NCSIP Version 2 are strengthening the cyber resilience of the health care sector and advancing the collaboration between federal, state, local, […]
The Department of Homeland Security and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced new and departing members of the Cyber Safety Review Board. On Monday, the DHS named Jamil Jafer of the National Security Institute, past Potomac Officers Club event speaker David Luber of the NSA, Katie Nickels of Red Canary and past Wash100 winner […]
Experts have agreed that adopting innovative technologies, enhancing existing cyber systems and investing in growing the cyber workforce are vital steps in preparing to address threats from adversaries. At the Space Systems Command’s third annual Cyber Expo, Col. Craig Frank, director of SSC’s Chief Information Office, said partnerships between the public and private sectors will […]
Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, has emphasized the importance of good cyber hygiene in preventing cyberattacks. Speaking before members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Haines, a past Wash100 winner and Potomac Officers Club event speaker, said that hackers are taking advantage of the weak cyber posture of the U.S. critical infrastructure sector, which […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued the Eliminating Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities in Software Secure by Design alert. The move follows recent cyberattacks, including the ones on ConnectWise and Cisco’s applications, that exploited companies’ traversal vulnerabilities, compromising critical infrastructure such as health care institutions and disrupting critical services such as hospital […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., are co-sponsoring the Secure AI Act of 2024 to strengthen safeguards against cyberthreats involving artificial intelligence. The proposed legislation focuses on updating existing vulnerability reporting mechanisms, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Vulnerability Database and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Common Vulnerabilities and […]
