Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said CISA has added a critical vulnerability involving the log4j software library to its “catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities” to incite federal
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has introduced new guidance providing ways to ensure the security of social media accounts operated by organizations. The measures outlined in the Capacity Enhancement Guide seek
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Top cybersecurity officials of the Biden administration and technology company executives discussed ways to increase collaboration between the federal government and industry to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses in a meeting held Monday.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the Department of Defense improve communication with industry on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program and come up with outcome-oriented performance measures to
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The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has issued an updated version of the R346 requirements document to reflect its decision to continue offering the remote participation option to third party assessment
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U.S. Cyber Command demonstrated collective cyber defense with international partners during the CYBER FLAG 21-1 exercise, which ran from Nov. 15 to 20 at Joint Base Suffolk in Virginia. The exercise employed
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The Office of Management and Budget has released fiscal year 2021-2022 guidance to help agencies comply with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 and the recent cybersecurity
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The Transportation Security Administration has released a pair of directives to bolster cybersecurity of systems and infrastructure within the U.S. surface transportation sector. Freight and passenger rail operators must create an incident
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The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have published the third of four parts in a series of guidance documents that tackle 5G cloud security. The third part
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has named 23 members of the cybersecurity community as members of a new federal advisory committee that will provide advice and recommendations
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