Cybersecurity
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Officials have informed members of the House and Senate and their staffs that hackers may have gained access to their sensitive personal data in a breach of a Washington, D.C., health insurance marketplace.
March 09, 2023 -
The director of CESER and Energy's CIO talk about their respective efforts in the wake of the Biden administration's national cyber strategy.
March 08, 2023 -
Maryland lawmakers are making one final pitch to the Biden administration to bring the FBI’s new headquarters to their state. The Maryland delegation met with officials from the General Services Administration on Wednesday, before a final decision is made on a new headquarters for the FBI.
March 08, 2023 -
Nancy Sieger has been the IRS chief information officer in a permanent or acting basis since 2019 and helped oversee the tax agency’s pandemic IT modernization efforts.
March 08, 2023 -
After a short, unsuccessful stint at college, I enlisted in the U.S. Army. Unbeknownst to me at the time, that choice set me on the path to a lifelong career in security. Upon joining the Army, I won the proverbial lottery when I was assigned to be a SIGINT (signals intelligence) analyst, later assigned to the National Security Agency.
March 07, 2023 -
As the Army works towards meeting aero trust goals, it has to integrate the security into multiple networks and the defense industrial base.
March 06, 2023 -
The government routinely collects data, including citizens' sensitive personally identifiable information, ranging from Social Security details to financial information to healthcare data. They need it to do their job and deliver the services they are obligated to provide.
March 06, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The EPA thinks the nation's drinking-water systems need better cyber hygiene. The Senate now has a companion bill that would repeal provisions that limit some feds' Social Security benefits. And the GSA is cleaning out its acquisition closet.
March 06, 2023 -
The highly anticipated strategy envisions shaping market forces and using federal purchasing power to shift more cybersecurity responsibilities onto technology vendors.
March 02, 2023 -
Toward the end of October, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency rolled out a simplified security checklist to help critical infrastructure providers.
March 01, 2023 -
Federal agency technology and security professionals have increasing awareness of the dangers lurking in the components of the commercial software they buy and use. That, coupled with specific policy requirements in the administration’s Executive Order 14028, has made ensuring the safety of the software supply chain a top concern.
March 01, 2023 -
Cyber Command moves to the next stage in developing a joint cyber intelligence center that assesses offensive capabilities.
March 01, 2023 -
There was a major breach of a U.S. Marshals Service computer system this month with ransomware. Hackers stole sensitive and personally identifiable data about agency employees and targets of investigations.
February 28, 2023 -
U.S. government agencies have seen numerous executive orders, memos and regulatory changes aimed at improving the security of digital infrastructure, including the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework.
February 28, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: There's no dance step or sidestep to help avoid the TikTok ban. The Director of CISA calls for changes in how tech companies design their products. And legacy data centers are dropping like flies and saving billions of dollars.
February 28, 2023