Cybersecurity
White House looks to tackle cyber workforce shortage
With a new executive order, the Trump Administration hopes to standardize or promote cybersecurity workforce development in government, the private sector and the educational system.
Cybersecurity
CISA wants more funding for critical infrastructure activities
Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the agency's focus on election security operations is a good model for other critical infrastructure sectors.
Cybersecurity
DHS orders faster patching from federal agencies
A new Binding Operational Directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency requires agencies to move faster on addressing known security flaws in federal systems.
Digital Government
Foreign tech investment rules are a balancing act
The U.S. seeks to set new limits on Chinese foreign investment in the tech sector, but can rules and regulations block economic espionage and theft of trade secrets?
Cybersecurity
Threats known and unknown loom in 2020 elections
It remains to be seen whether election officials and federal agencies will be facing the same type of threats targeting election infrastructure and online discourse as they experienced in 2016 -- or if they should expect the unexpected.
Cybersecurity
Cyber crime cost organizations $2.7 billion in 2018
Extortion schemes dangling stolen or sensitive data in exchange for money saw an explosion of growth in 2018, with 51,146 complaints and $83 million in adjusted losses.
Cybersecurity
Symantec joins DOD cyber threat-sharing group
The addition of Symantec, which already has a robust threat intelligence network in place, could help bolster the quality and sophistication of the information that flows through the program.
Cybersecurity
DHS has yet to crack the code on its cyber workforce
A DHS official told Congress the department is getting closer to classifying and coding its cybersecurity workforce, but did not provide a timeline for completion.
Cybersecurity
How to right-size DHS cyber funding
With proposed cybersecurity funding levels flat for 2020, does the Department of Homeland Security have the resources to protect federal civilian networks?
Cybersecurity
Weak links in the defense supply chain
A panel of industry experts told Congress about the widespread ignorance many defense contractors have about the cybersecurity integrity of their own supply chains.
Cybersecurity
How two supply chain security efforts can co-exist
A new task force and an interagency council are tackling supply chain issues, but the government shutdown delayed efforts to sync them up.
Cybersecurity
What's in store for CDM in 2019 and beyond?
The program will spend the next two years operationalizing data and building out a new risk scoring algorithm, but agencies continue to "leave the door wide open" through bad hygiene.
Cybersecurity
Federal networks escaped harm in DNS tampering campaign, official says
A DHS official said there are still "a handful" of agencies who have yet to fully comply with a January 2019 emergency directive on DNS tampering and gave insight on a budget request for new tech to detect such threats earlier.
Cybersecurity
NIST pushes new encryption protocols for quantum, connected devices
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is inching closer to developing two new encryption standards to protect the federal government from new and emerging cybersecurity threats.
Cybersecurity
CISA's plans for 2020
As it hits its stride as a new agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is mixing established federal cybersecurity programs with new tech around DNS threats, botnet detection and malware analysis.
Cybersecurity
DHS supply chain task force tees up plans
The co-chair of the task force laid out five work streams that will steer larger efforts around securing the technology supply chain.
Cybersecurity
DHS pushes new cyber hiring authorities
The department's budget requests $11.4 million to complete a new Cyber Talent Management System to hire and pay security workers based on their ability, not qualifications.
Cybersecurity
Time for a NSA-Cybercom split? That's classified.
The head of the NSA and Cyber Command told a House panel that a report claiming he recommended splitting leadership of the two entities up after 2020 is "not accurate."
Cybersecurity
Why TIC and cloud don't mix
The Department of Homeland Security's top cyber official told Congress that policy changes will help agencies move to the cloud and accommodate teleworkers while still protecting federal networks.
Cybersecurity
Senators press legislative IT office for data on hacks
Two Senators want to change the way the institution talks about its cybersecurity problems and see data on the scope of the threat.
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