Kurt DelBene, the assistant secretary for information and technology and the chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said the agency is improving its workforce and asset management to respond to rising digital threats. Speaking before the House Veterans Committee’s subcommittee on technology modernization, DelBene said budget increases are necessary to retain the […]
Outdated technologies are holding back federal agencies from fully complying with modern cybersecurity standards, including multi-factor authentication, a homeland security official said. MFA is a security measure that requires individuals to present two or more types of credentials before being allowed to access an account. Eric Goldstein, the executive director of cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity […]
CyberSeek, which connects job seekers and employers hiring cybersecurity talent, on Tuesday published a report indicating that the demand for cybersecurity professionals has surged more than 40 percent over the past year. The report shows that employers in America have posted ads for some 714,000 cybersecurity vacancies in a 12-month span ending in April 2022, […]
The Department of Energy has begun accepting applications for its Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program. CECA is aimed at advancing early-stage solutions to protect renewable energy systems from high-priority cyber risks, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory says on its website. DOE explained that while cybersecurity works best when it is integrated in the early stage, […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body announced that it has rebranded itself as The Cyber AB. CMMC is a program designed to raise the baseline cybersecurity of companies working with the Department of Defense. CEO Matthew Travis explained that the new name is “less of a phonetic challenge” and signals the CMMC third-party validation […]
Avril Haines, the U.S. director of national intelligence and a 2022 Wash100 winner, said cybersecurity is becoming more difficult to manage for the Intelligence Community due to advancements on multiple fronts. The official’s statement comes as the U.S. government and the private sector remain on high alert following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. also […]
San Francisco-headquartered software developer BedRock Systems announced that it has joined the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership program, a private-public partnership to advance the state of cybersecurity practice in the United States. The NCEP program is a partnership between industry and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, BedRock said Thursday. […]
The Food and Drug Administration has advised users of Illumina’s newer DNA sequencing devices to urgently patch their systems to address a cybersecurity vulnerability. According to the FDA, the software flaw could allow unauthorized users to remotely control the device, alter its settings and that of the user’s network or manipulate patient test results. The […]
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission is calling for a change in federal cyber hiring and compensation to address a cybersecurity workforce shortage across the public sector. According to a follow-on report by CSC, the Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Personnel Management should work together to modernize coding structures for cybersecurity jobs […]
U.S. security agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity alert on the Karakurt data extortion gang, a ransomware group that has caused “significant challenges for defense and mitigation.” The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of the Treasury and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said the group has demanded as much as $13 million in bitcoin […]
