Cybersecurity
Defending America’s Critical Infrastructure Will Take ‘Whole of Nation’
Strong public-private partnerships are imperative, former officials said.
Cybersecurity
How the Energy Department is Prioritizing Secure Infrastructure
The budding Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response aims to deflect cyber, manmade and natural security hazards.
Modernization
Agriculture Invests $122 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure
More than 6,200 customers over five states will benefit and part of the funds will go to smart grid tech.
Policy
Trump Administration Releases Rural Broadband Strategy
Officials estimate that 24 million people in the United States can't get broadband internet service. Eighty percent of those people live in rural areas.
Cybersecurity
Former Official: Throwing More Bodies Into Cybersecurity Won’t Help
In fact, the focus on the cybersecurity workforce gap is leading to more insecurity and the need for more workforce, says a former FBI and intelligence official.
Ideas
A Mission Assurance Strategy Built for 2020 (and Beyond)
Our connected reality presents massive challenges to military and commercial entities working to safeguard networks from growing threats.
Cybersecurity
DHS Cyber Chief Explains Issuing Emergency Directive During Shutdown
CISA Director Chris Krebs says “an urgent response was required” despite a large swath of the government shut down due to a lapse in appropriations.
Cybersecurity
Shutdown Could Damage Homeland Security for ‘Months, if Not Years,’ Says Ex-DHS Chief
Efforts to strengthen the country’s cyber posture have come to a halt, and if a crisis were to strike, there wouldn’t be enough people to respond, former agency officials said.
Cybersecurity
Senators to WMATA: How Will You Keep Next-Gen Metro Cars Safe from Foreign Tampering?
Four D.C.-area lawmakers are asking WMATA leaders to take supply chain and cybersecurity issues into account when buying the next series of Metro cars.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Set the Stage for the Privacy Debate
Congress also took up bills to upgrade the power grid, combat Chinese tech threats and punish robocallers.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Propose Bills to Avoid Future Shutdowns, Secure the Power Grid
Congress also cleared a bill to ensure furloughed feds get back pay once the government reopens.
Ideas
How to Stop Hackers (Russian or Otherwise) from Hijacking Our Elections
A very promising innovation in the field of cryptography may hold the answer for bolstering election technology.
Cybersecurity
Plan to Dumb-Down the Power Grid In Name of Cybersecurity Passes Senate
The bill would establish and fund a public-private partnership to look at retro, analog options for securing the nation’s electric grid from digital threats.
Ideas
How to Conquer Digital Disruption with Transparency and Collective Resilience
The upside is tremendous.
Cybersecurity
Defense, Homeland Security Secretaries Spearhead Cyber Cooperation Agreement
The agreement details how the departments will work together on major cyber challenges such as elections.
Cybersecurity
DHS Aims to ID Critical Functions to Protect from Cyberattacks by Year’s End
After the Homeland Security Department identifies the critical functions, it plans to map out all their dependencies.
Ideas
NIST Experiments with Critical Infrastructure Protections
Over in the IT world, this is fairly basic stuff, though it has rarely been tried for operation technology.
Cybersecurity
Election Security Tested
Federal agencies raced to secure vulnerable systems in time for the 2018 midterms, but the job’s not done.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Researchers Test 'Worst-Case Scenario' Attack on U.S. Power Grid
Over 100 people gathered off the tip of Long Island this month to roleplay a cyberattack that takes out the U.S. electric grid for weeks on end.
Cybersecurity
DHS Wants to Expand the Reach of Its Critical Infrastructure Cyber Training
The department wants to be able to provide cyber training webinars to 5,000 simultaneous users.
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