The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) component is looking to adopt and scale generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies for use cases including expediting border crossings, a top CBP official said on Wednesday.   […]

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement on Wednesday saying that Salt Typhoon’s recent hacks into commercial telecommunications infrastructure in the United States have affected “a limited number of individuals who are primarily involved in government or political activity.” […]

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly and all other Biden administration appointees within CISA will leave their positions by Jan. 20 – when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. […]

China’s structured and well-funded ecosystem for cyber dominance poses a growing threat to U.S. cybersecurity, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official warned, saying the U.S. must continue to foster public-private partnerships and global alliances to defend against those threats.   […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for cybersecurity mandates that would direct pipeline and railroad owners and operators to set up risk management programs and establish incident reporting protocols.  […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has named ECS – an IT systems integrator focused on data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation solutions – the prime contractor on a six-year, $528 million task order for CISA’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program Office. […]

A large-scale spear-phishing campaign led by a foreign adversary is targeting government and IT sector systems, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned in an Oct. 31 alert.   […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to improve its oversight and coordination of work that the agency undertakes with federally funded research and development centers to prevent project overlap, a new watchdog report says.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first-ever International Strategic Plan this week, which covers the 2025-2026 period and aims to serve as a complement to the agency’s first comprehensive strategic plan published two years ago.  […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a final rule on Friday that will allow passengers to continue to use mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) to verify their identity at airport security checkpoints after higher REAL ID security standards go into effect next year.   […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) will launch an investigation into China-sponsored infiltrations of U.S. telecom networks and infrastructure that have come to light since the beginning of this month, DHS confirmed today.  […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI released draft guidance on product security bad practices last week, highlighting practices that are deemed “exceptionally risky” and providing recommendations for software manufacturers to mitigate these risks.  […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to transition one of the world’s largest biometric identity management systems to a cloud-based architecture and is requesting information from vendors about their biometric data capabilities.  […]

During its quarterly meeting on Friday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) approved recommendations in four reports delivered to Director Jen Easterly aimed at bolstering resilience for critical infrastructure and open source security, as well as ensuring adoption of the agency’s secure by design initiative and increasing the agency’s public outreach. […]

Government agencies and critical infrastructure entities are not prepared for a cyber conflict with China, according to a new draft report from a subcommittee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC). […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance, along with other Federal agency partners, this week kicked off the 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. […]

Just a few months after taking over the helm as the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jeff Greene laid out his priorities on Tuesday with partnerships topping the list. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), through its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform, has helped save an estimated average of $4.45 million in potential remediation costs for critical and severe vulnerabilities across the Federal government. […]

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to do more to combat the spread of election misinformation and disinformation, especially in the age of artificial intelligence. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unveiled a new plan Monday to align collective operational defense capabilities across the Federal government and drive down cybersecurity risks to more than 100 Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Associate Director for China Operations, Andrew Scott, has stepped down from his role, a CISA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a new streamlined cyber incident reporting portal featuring enhanced reporting and security features, as well as a new “collaboration” function that allows users to have informal discussions with CISA.   […]

A new report out from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlines 37 open recommendations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should prioritize, including an important one at the heart of how DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) undertakes its mission. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hosted its seventh annual Tabletop the Vote election security exercise on Aug. 22-23 and Aug. 26-27. […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is looking for members and organizations in the scientific and technical communities to propose research and development projects that support national security, according to a recent announcement.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced on Thursday the release of its “Software Acquisition Guide for Government Enterprise Consumers: Software Assurance in the Cyber-Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Lifecycle.” […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today it has selected Lisa Einstein to serve as the agency’s first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). […]

As the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) prepares to issue its final rule to implement the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA), the agency is also preparing to implement new technology solutions and hire additional staff to help with the coming influx in cyber incident reports. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) made public a report Monday detailing the findings of a pilot that examined whether current Federal vulnerability detection software products that use AI – including large language models – are more effective. […]

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is planning to introduce a bill that would codify the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) following Friday’s Microsoft outage linked to the cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike. […]