Cybersecurity
Security Specialists: Microsoft’s Discounted Logging Offering Warrants Scrutiny
The log management tool Microsoft is marketing as a way for agencies to fulfill administration requirements for network visibility could contribute to a risky ‘monoculture,’ according to cybersecurity professionals.
Emerging Tech
Extended Reality Sees Potential, Challenges Across Multiple Industries
A new GAO report itemizes how extended reality technologies can be used, and what other emerging tech needs to be bolstered to support its implementation.
Cybersecurity
EPA Leading White House Effort to Secure the Water Sector Against Cyberattacks
This is the third in a series of 100-day sprints to shore up industrial control systems used in critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity
NIST Releases Final Cybersecurity Assessment Guidance
The document extensively reviews best practices in security assessments for organizations.
Cybersecurity
CISA Releases Finalized IPv6 Guidance for Agencies
The network guidance document is years in the making.
Cybersecurity
New CMMC Training to Align with Certification Changes
Look for trainers working on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to realign their efforts to support recent changes to the certification process in 2022.
Cybersecurity
Feds Step Up Cybersecurity Support for State Governments
Forty-two advisers have been appointed or are in the process, with eight states still needing federal-level coordinators.
Ideas
The Top Challenges to Zero Trust Adoption Facing Government Agencies
Officials must overcome legacy tech and dated requirements.
Cybersecurity
US Still Lacks Federal Cyber Strategy After Decades of Attempts
The United Kingdom, meanwhile, recently updated its approach, crediting strong regulatory measures with significant cyber-risk reduction over recent years.
Cybersecurity
U.S. Announces Work Toward Non-Binding Agreement on Surveillance Tech
Key U.S. allies supported the effort but did not sign on to a joint statement committing to the creation of a code of conduct on how to exercise export controls to curb the use of the cyber intrusion technologies by authoritarian regimes, according to a White House release.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Officials Rethinking Cyber's Role in National Defense Strategy
Cyber policy lead Mieke Eoyang discussed the Defense Department’s role in the nation’s cybersecurity posture, including in defending elections and countering ransomware attacks.
Cybersecurity
Info Sharing and Securing Critical Infrastructure Top Key Congressman's Cybersecurity Priorities
“My colleagues see an urgency for new legislation now, in a way that wouldn’t be possible a few years ago," said Rep. James Langevin.
Modernization
Technology Modernization Fund Board Offers Insights on Latest Wave of Proposals
TMF is key to modernizing government operations in line with citizen expectations, according to Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer Maria Roat.
Cybersecurity
CISA Gets Set to Deploy Updated DNS Resolver Service to Protect Federal Agencies
Government entities are required by law to use such intrusion prevention capabilities.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers Dig for Details in Federal Response to Ransomware
Agency leaders said they aim to improve coordination among the many agencies with cybersecurity missions.
Cybersecurity
CISA Launches Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks
The playbook stems from an executive order issued in May.
Cybersecurity
US Partnering with Israel to Counter Ransomware, Regulate FinTech
Israel’s NSO Group represents just one aspect of the country’s lively tech industry, which may be about to get another energizing jolt from its government.
Cybersecurity
US, EU Join French President’s Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
The move is one of several recent actions the Biden administration has taken integrating cybersecurity into broader trade and national security issues.
Cybersecurity