The Cyberspace Solarium Commission has released a white paper that offers cybersecurity lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and four new recommendations that are classified into two sections. The first section suggests the
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released guidance on the implementation of cyber essential practices. CISA said Thursday its Cyber Essentials Toolkit summarizes practices on information technology leadership and cyber readiness.
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Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Monday that the service has made progress in two areas when it
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Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., has said that a national cyber director at the White House is crucial to ensuring that federal agencies are taking appropriate measures to defend their systems, Fifth Domain
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The National Security Agency has identified a vulnerability that Russian cyber actors take advantage of to attack mail transfer networks. Sandworm Team, a Russian military group, has exploited the CVE-2019-10149 vulnerability found in
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said he plans to require the creation of a Senate-confirmed director role for national cybersecurity and wants the
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A cyber breach of a U.S. Marshals Service system resulted in the exposure of personal data of approximately 387,000 former and current prisoners at the end of 2019, Nextgov reported Monday.
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The U.S. and U.K. have issued an updated joint statement warning the public of advanced persistent threat groups seeking to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to enact cyber crimes.
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The accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is authorized to offer cybersecurity services and Mark Berman, chairman of the communications committee within the body’s
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Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., said that the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s priority recommendations include the creation of a Senate-confirmed cybersecurity director position at the White House, FCW reported Thursday.
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