The U.S. Cyber Command is urging more members of the private industry to share cybersecurity intelligence that could help the organization’s defensive capabilities. Dave Frederick, the executive director of USCYBERCOM, said during an event organized by Billington CyberSecurity that the combatant command will be able to expand its knowledge on cyber threats if more companies […]
The U.S. Cyber Command is taking a more aggressive stance in hunting for cyber threats operating in international networks, according to the official leading the effort. Dave Frederick, the executive director of USCYBERCOM, said that the current direction is to lean more heavily into offensive tactics, GovCIO reported Monday. Speaking at a Billington Cybersecurity event, […]
The Department of Health and Human Services should create a way for health care organizations to provide feedback on the agency’s cyber breach reporting process, a government watchdog said. HHS’ Office of Civil Rights is responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‘s security standards as required by a law enacted in January […]
The White House announced that the federal government will spend $200 billion over the next five years to advance a joint initiative with other G7 nations called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure. The effort represents a collaboration between world economic powers to close the infrastructure gap in developing countries as well as strengthen the global […]
Federal cybersecurity authorities have warned that hackers are still exploiting Log4Shell in unpatched VMware software. In a joint advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command said that the vulnerability affects VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway servers that have not been updated. VMware released its first Log4Shell fix […]
Reserve Marines participated in the recent Cyber Yankee exercise, where they worked with other service members on cyber defense capabilities. During the June 13-17 exercise, the Marines acted as red teams while other participating servicemen acted as blue teams. Red teams are responsible for carrying out simulated cyberattacks while blue teams are responsible for defending […]
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want to amend legislation that authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to share information with foreign law enforcement agencies. Enacted in 2006, the Undertaking Spam, Spyware and Fraud Enforcement with Enforcers Beyond Borders—or U.S. SAFE WEB—Act allows the FTC to support foreign proceedings involving the violation of a […]
The National Guard focused on protecting the Department of Defense‘s networks during the annual Cyber Shield exercise. The move is a change-up for the National Guard because, for the past few years, it applied its cyber expertise to state networks. Lt. Col. Seth Barun, the deputy officer in charge of Cyber Shield, said the National […]
Ron Green, executive vice president and chief security officer at financial services company Mastercard, called on lawmakers to facilitate greater cooperation between the public and private sectors in dealing with emerging cybersecurity threats. He said concerned government agencies should be incentivized to share threat intelligence with companies so that both sectors can mitigate cybersecurity risks […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a measure that allows federal cyber professionals to try out working at different agencies on a rotational basis. Dubbed the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, the bill was enacted amid a serious shortage of qualified cybersecurity workers in government service, FCW reported Tuesday. The measure was […]
