Industry experts on Wednesday discussed how they are working with the Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence agencies to leverage zero trust to meet the information-sharing requirements of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and its partners. […]
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Private sector tech leaders warned lawmakers on Wednesday of foreign efforts to influence U.S. public opinion ahead of the 2024 election, and emphasized that various “misinformation campaigns” are increasingly being shaped by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. […]
Federal government operations affected by Friday’s Microsoft outage linked to the cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike appeared to recovering their footing today, including the Social Security Administration (SSA), which reopened its offices today. […]
Microsoft President Brad Smith faced serious scrutiny from lawmakers during testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday afternoon over the company’s cybersecurity posture that left it vulnerable to last summer’s Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion. […]
The White House has enlisted Microsoft and Google to provide free cybersecurity services to rural hospitals following recent cyberattacks targeting the nation’s healthcare system. […]
Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have “serious concerns” with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) plan to invest in Microsoft product upgrades to support zero trust goals, according to a May 29 letter. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) publicly issued an emergency directive today calling on Federal agencies to take immediate action to reset authentication credentials following a breach of Microsoft corporate email accounts by Russian state-sponsored cyber actor Midnight Blizzard. […]
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., unveiled draft legislation on Monday that would require the Federal government to set new cybersecurity and interoperability standards for collaboration software such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom. […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) released findings late Tuesday following its independent review of the summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion that attributed the success of the China-based hack to “a cascade of security failures at Microsoft” and an “inadequate” security culture at the company. […]
Microsoft announced today that it is officially launching its expanded cloud logging capabilities to all Federal agencies this month after working closely with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) to finalize this effort. […]
Microsoft announced this week that the company has taken down websites and other online assets used by the Storm-1152 cybercrime group, which the company said is the “number one seller and creator of fraudulent Microsoft accounts.” […]
Microsoft announced new security upgrades late last week to better protect its customers against cyber threats, including improved security protections for identity signing keys. […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is urging the Pentagon’s Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) unit to take an offensive stance against the Chinese hacking group who breached the State Department, Commerce Department, and House of Representatives emails earlier this year. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is providing some insight into the first task orders awarded under the DoD’s $9 billion multi-vendor cloud contract, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC). […]
A recently disclosed Chinese hack of Commerce and State Department officials’ emails was found to be linked to a Microsoft engineer’s compromised corporate account, the tech giant announced in a blog post this week. […]
The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) will assess the recent Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion and conduct a broader review of issues relating to cloud-based identity and authentication infrastructure, the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced today. […]
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., demanded that the Department of Justice (DoJ) and two civil regulators open separate probes into Microsoft’s cybersecurity practices after a high-level hack targeting the highest ranks of President Biden’s cabinet. […]
Microsoft cloud service customers will now have access to expanded cloud logging capabilities at no additional cost, thanks to a new collaborative partnership announced today between the tech company and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). […]
Microsoft said late Tuesday that it took action in recent weeks to mitigate China-based cyberattacks that exposed email account information of government agencies and other organizations, along with customer accounts of people tied to those agencies and organizations. […]
Microsoft Corp. this week offered up five key points for governments to consider as they approach whether and how to regulate artificial intelligence technologies going forward. […]
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville today voiced his support for the Army’s use of augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying the service branch needs to “be persistent” with them in order to transform how soldiers operate on the battlefield. […]
Teresa Carlson, a former top executive at both Amazon and Microsoft, announced today that she is taking over as president and chief commercial officer at supply chain technology provider Flexport. […]
Oki Mek, who became the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) first chief artificial intelligence officer in late 2020 and left government service in February of this year, landed at Microsoft in August as the company’s chief information security officer (CISO) for the Federal civilian sector. […]
Microsoft has disrupted a Russian cybercriminal group named SEABORGIUM from conducting further cyberattacks that have heavily aligned with Russian state interest. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has set a deadline of July 22 for Federal civilian agencies to apply Microsoft’s June 2022 Patch Tuesday update. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), along with international partners, published guidance last week for cyber defenders that advises them to not remove PowerShell – Microsoft’s built-in command-line tool with Windows – but to properly configure it. […]
Teresa Carlson, who left Microsoft in 2010 to found Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector operation and later serve as president and chief growth officer at Splunk, confirmed today that she rejoined Microsoft late last month as corporate vice president and Executive-in-Residence. […]
The Navy Postgraduate School (NPS) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Microsoft to look to integrate and utilize emerging technologies in service of the warfighter and national security, the Navy announced May 2. […]
The U.S. Army could waste up to $21.88 billion in taxpayer funds to field augmented reality (AR) headsets that soldiers may not even want or use, according to a new watchdog report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (OIG). […]
Microsoft Corp. said it has disrupted cyberattacks from a group linked to the GRU – Russia’s foreign military unit – that were targeting Ukrainian entities and media organizations, as well as government institutions and foreign policy think tanks in the United States, according to an April 7 company blog. […]