By Kaniah Konkoly-Thege, Chief Legal Counsel, SVP Government Relations at Quantinuum A lot has taken place in the quantum industry since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced its selection of PQC algorithms for standardization in 2022. From technology to global policy, advancements are causing experts to predict a faster timeline to reaching fault-tolerant […]
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Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb said this week that the Defense Department’s (DoD) ability to respond quickly to threats in space is critical to create credible deterrence against potential attacks. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a new vulnerability to its known exploited vulnerability catalog following a warning last week from Lumen Technologies that Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Volt Typhoon is actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in network management platform Versa Director. […]
The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is planning to launch a new sprint this fall to focus on bringing more cybersecurity talent into the Federal government to help fill about 3,000 open technology positions. […]
By Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) offers innovative applications that could help the federal government adapt to changing times. Some use cases are experimental, exploring new ideas, while others are already delivering positive results by enhancing human effort for difficult projects. GenAI also has the potential to streamline tedious, […]
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace, R-S.C., are looking for answers on Federal government and U.S. citizen exposure to a possible cyberattack against National Public Data. […]
A top Army cybersecurity official emphasized Thursday that the U.S. needs the ability to make better decisions at a faster rate in order to gain information advantage over adversaries like China. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting public comments after unveiling a proposal that includes cybersecurity mandates for the future manufacturing of airplanes and aviation equipment, according to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on Wednesday. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put out a call for comment on a revised version of digital identity guidelines which the agency said aim “to ensure security, privacy and accessibility during the identity-proofing process for people accessing government services.” […]
State officials said this week that they are balancing centralized and decentralized distribution approaches as they try to put money from the Federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) to work for them. […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is looking for feedback on its new whitepaper series focused on safeguarding 5G wireless technology. […]
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are pointing the finger at Iran and Russia for what they say are ongoing attempts to conduct “cyber operations” including phishing attacks against U.S. presidential campaigns and people associated with them. […]
Healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals (CPGs) and the establishment of a cybersecurity gateway are among several ways that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is protecting against threats as cyberattacks on the healthcare industry rise. […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fl. – leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – renewed their call this week to bolster cybersecurity in the U.S. presidential election process following a Microsoft report warning of foreign adversaries’ plans to influence this year’s election. […]
A new report out this week by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that FHFA’s network has “serious vulnerabilities that increase the likelihood that hacking attempts will succeed.” […]
The semifinal competition of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) AI Cybersecurity Challenge (AIxCC) took place at this year’s DEF CON. […]
A bipartisan pair of senators today announced their plan to introduce companion legislation to strengthen Federal cybersecurity by requiring government contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs). […]
The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) today released a summary report detailing a dozen actions the Federal government is currently taking to advance security in open-source software (OSS). […]
Members of Congress are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve data privacy, awareness, and website accessibility as veterans and their families fall victim to an uptick in scams by “claim predators.” […]
The U.S. Air Force said it is looking for a cloud-based system to manage high security flights for top officials after identifying “significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities” in their current system. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) may rely on public infrastructure for 5G networks in the future, according to Thomas Rondeau, the principal director for FutureG in the DoD. […]
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said this week he sent letters to 15 Federal agencies – along with the FBI and the White House – demanding information about their exposure to an AT&T data breach disclosed by the company last month that includes most wireless customer call and text records from May to October 2022. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) credited the Federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) for solving technical issues that participants faced while using its latest online platform when it launched in 2022, but also cautioned in an Aug. 1 report that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) “needs to greatly improve” oversight of TSP acquisition management and contractor oversight going forward. […]
To highlight the one-year anniversary of the White House’s National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), the Biden administration held a workshop focused on expanding opportunities for veterans to obtain good-paying cyber jobs. […]
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.” […]
In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025. […]
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) passed a House-led bill on Wednesday that would reauthorize the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) through 2030. […]
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. […]
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. […]