Cybersecurity
OMB Guidance Heralds Automation of FISMA Reporting
The new Federal Information Security Modernization Act guidance also prioritizes security testing and doubles down on CISA’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
Cybersecurity
NSA, CISA List Expectations for Industry on Data Governance in 5G Environments
The document is the third in a four-part series of guidance that categorizes security responsibilities according to their relevance for the cloud service providers, mobile operators and users of emergent fifth-generation networks.
Cybersecurity
DHS Redefines ‘Cybersecurity Incident’ in Directives for Surface Transportation
The new definition allows industry more flexibility to decide what should trigger reporting mandates for the sector.
Cybersecurity
Hacker, Journalist Among CISA Directors’ 23 New Cybersecurity Advisors
The new Cybersecurity Advisory Committee will focus on five areas including workforce development, and has room for 12 more members.
Cybersecurity
Feds Warned to Look Out For Ransomware Grinches over the Holidays
Federal cybersecurity officials would prefer you keep your holidays a little more secure.
Cybersecurity
CISA Seeks Protective Email Service that Tracks Agencies’ Security Compliance
The agency is ramping up efforts to exercise its new authorities to hunt for threats across the .gov enterprise.
Cybersecurity
White House Holiday Warning Identifies Options for Reporting Ransomware
The FBI has a prominent portal for entities to report cybersecurity incidents, but Congress is considering legislation that officials fear could change the current dynamic.
Artificial Intelligence
Homeland Security Looking For Ideas on AI, Biological Surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security released a pre-solicitation for several innovative development projects.
Cybersecurity
NSA, CISA Say Industry Should Use Attestation Technology to Secure 5G Environments
The tech can provide evidence of compliance with configuration standards and detect anomalies in complex multi-tenant, multi-cloud computing architectures.
Digital Government
The State of the Federal Tech Workforce
Agencies have struggled to hire IT and cyber professionals but some are finding alternative ways to fill the talent gap.
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
CISA Launches Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks
The playbook stems from an executive order issued in May.
Cybersecurity
DHS Launches Portal to Recruit—and Retain—Cybersecurity Talent
The moment of truth is here for a new hiring system that promises to address gaping cybersecurity shortages by redefining "merit."
Cybersecurity
Senators Urge Better Cyber Protection For K-12 Schools
A recent Government Accountability Office report dove into how virtual classrooms are increasing vulnerability to ransomware and other cyber threats.
Cybersecurity
CISA Director to Appoint Hackers to Cybersecurity Advisory Committee
Security researchers have a crucial role to play in balancing an offense-heavy ecosystem, the director said.
Artificial Intelligence
DHS Researching Public Perception of Facial Recognition and AI Use
The Department of Homeland Security is collecting privacy concerns as critics fight to ban facial recognition outright.
Cybersecurity
White House Highlights Cybersecurity Benefit in Infrastructure Package
Along with more than $1 trillion in funding, the House-passed bill moves to the president’s desk with new authorities for relevant agencies and officials.
Cybersecurity
CISA Orders Agencies to Patch Hundreds of Vulnerabilities Under Attack
Remediation of more than a third of the bugs the agency identified is due within two weeks.
Cybersecurity
TSA Considers Rulemaking Process for Cybersecurity in Transportation Sector
The announcement from a White House official follows pressure from industry and GOP lawmakers questioning the administration’s use of security directives to improve the sector’s cybersecurity.
Digital Government
GAO Highlights Problems with Speeding Disaster Help to Disadvantaged Areas
Disaster response is uneven across the country.
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