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. […]
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to expand its use of authentication services that employ the Login.gov sign-on service developed by the General Services Administration (GSA), but the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) said in a July 23 report that IRS is facing security hurdles in that process. […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a reorganization that will streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data, and AI strategy and policy functions. […]
Several U.S. government agencies including the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued an advisory today warning about a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that they say is conducting a “global espionage campaign” aimed at advancing North Korean military and nuclear programs. […]
A group of industry cybersecurity leaders told lawmakers today that harmonizing “overlapping and inconsistent” government cybersecurity regulations would help reduce the administrative burden on their cyber workforces and free up additional resources for fighting threats. […]
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. […]
Department of Defense (DoD) operations were unaffected by the ongoing Microsoft outage caused by a flawed CrowdStrike security update, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday. […]
Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, said that today’s CrowdStrike outage – one of the largest IT outages in history – highlights the need for a tough look at digital resilience capabilities. […]
The ongoing Microsoft outage caused through a faulty update by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike has disrupted several Federal and state and local government (SLG) services nationwide. […]
A top cybersecurity official at the State Department said Tuesday that the agency is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to “buy back time” for the cyber workforce. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today it is promoting to permanent titles Jeff Greene as the executive assistant director for cybersecurity, and Trent Frazier as the assistant director for stakeholder engagements. […]
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill last week that would direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to hire a special liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate during cybersecurity incidents. […]
A new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) says that the United States Coast Guard needs to do more to improve the cybersecurity of the Marine Transportation System (MTS) in order to better protect the U.S. supply chain. […]
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have introduced new legislation that would prohibit Federal agencies from buying technology products from “grey-market” sellers rather than authorized dealers. […]
The White House on Wednesday released a memo for the heads of all Federal agencies laying out its “cross-agency cybersecurity investment priorities” for fiscal year (FY) 2026. […]
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., officially introduced bipartisan legislation Monday that would establish an interagency committee to harmonize cybersecurity regulations. […]
Despite the Department of Defense (DoD) placing a renewed emphasis on addressing recommendations made to the agency by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a recent report from the Federal watchdog reveals that DoD’s implementation rate on recommendations continues to fall short of the government-wide average. […]
The Department of Energy (DoE) still has significant work to do to address open priority recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) related to insider threats and cybersecurity. […]
The White House’s Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Jake Braun stepped down from his role on June 28, returning to academia full-time at the University of Chicago. […]
The Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has unveiled a new zero trust strategy to further safeguard critical assets and enhance resilience against emerging cyberthreats, the DAF CIO announced in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday. […]
The Department of Homeland (DHS), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), announced $18.2 million in cybersecurity grants this week through the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP), which assists Tribal nations in tackling cyber risks and threats. […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released draft final rules last week that aim to strengthen the security of the nation’s public alert and warning systems against emerging cybersecurity threats. […]
The Federal government’s primary personnel investigative agency’s deficient cybersecurity oversight and outdated IT systems pose a risk to national security, and the agency’s director this week pledged action to fix those ongoing technology problems – although he said some of the root causes may not be fully addressed for several years. […]
The Pentagon’s nascent Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) continues to advance in its goal to strengthen the Defense Department’s cybersecurity posture, but the road thus far has been “bumpy,” a top Pentagon tech official said. […]
Everyone already knows the vital role that cybersecurity plays in protecting the government and private sector functions that make up the essential fabric of American life – but few know enough about the dedicated women and men who are protecting us all on the front lines of technology. […]
A new report from security provider Blackberry Ltd. shows a sharp increase in the deployment of unique malware used to attack critical infrastructure and commercial enterprises. […]
The head of cybersecurity at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) offered several updates this week on how DISA is streamlining its “mountain” of data to enable the agency to automate its cybersecurity activities and make key progress in its Thunderdome zero trust security solution. […]
Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., introduced new bipartisan legislation last week that would require an assessment of the manual operations of critical infrastructure in the event of a cyberattack. […]
The Commerce Department said on June 20 that its Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has banned sales in the U.S. of a range of cybersecurity products and services sold by Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, Inc., with the agency saying their use poses a national security threat. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping Federal agencies, critical infrastructure owners and operators, and other government and private sector stakeholders with their critical infrastructure security and resilience efforts. […]