National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Expands Consortium Supporting Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has added identity-first security solution provider Keyfactor to a consortium of technology companies promoting the adoption of post-quantum algorithms. As part of the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Building Block Consortium, Keyfactor will work with other members, including Microsoft, IBM and Amazon Web Services, in developing practices and strategies that […]
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ICF to Provide Training Support to Justice Department Office for Crime Victims

The Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime has awarded ICF a potential five-year, $14 million recompete contract for training and technical assistance to the Technical Assistance Collective. OVC delivers TTA to professionals and organizations that provide support services to crime victims in the United States. The office’s TAC program is responsible for delivering […]
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Sandia National Laboratories Expert Explains Toolset to Detect Cloud Breaches

Wellington Lee, a cybersecurity expert at Sandia National Laboratories, said the Untitled Goose Tool was developed to gather and analyze cyber intrusion data independently of a cloud environment’s capabilities. Untitled Goose Tool is a free suite of programs built to spot malicious activity on Microsoft Azure environments for organizations, ranging from small businesses to large […]
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Department of Veterans Affairs Seeks Industry Input on Planned ICAM Modernization

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking industry input on the agency’s identity, credential and access management modernization effort. According to a request for information, the VA wants the industry to share ICAM best practices and solutions that can improve the department’s ICAM reliability, usability, functionality and resiliency. The RFI was released after the VA […]
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DHS Funds Research on Strengthening Future Emergency Management

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has received $1.67 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate for research on upgrading the DHS emergency response structure. The laboratory’s work will focus on strengthening next-generation emergency operations centers and supporting state, local, tribal and territorial emergency managers.  According to […]
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Energy Department Announces Funding for Multiple Quantum Computing Projects

The Department of Energy has awarded $11.7 million in funding to six quantum computing projects centered on computational science. The six projects study the limitations of intermediate-scale quantum processors and aim to develop tools allowing researchers to determine if a quantum processor is adequate to advance computational science even without a formal error correction on […]
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