Cybersecurity
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A new two-page document from the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force aims to help organizations guard against one of the most persistent and dangerous cybersecurity threats, ransomware.
March 22, 2021 -
House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) says CISA needs “a lot more money and need a lot more resources” to meet its mission, and could easily see Congress giving CISA a $5 billion budget in the coming years.
March 22, 2021 -
For some insight, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to Executive Director of Strategic Workforce Planning and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security Kimya Lee.
March 19, 2021 -
White House reviewing National Cyber Director role as Congress presses for governmentwide leadershipSenate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee pressed OMB, CISA and FBI officials the SolarWinds attack and who is ultimately accountable for responding, mitigating the problems.
March 19, 2021 -
To keep the State Department staffed and prepared to handle this expanded cyber diplomacy role, House and Senate Democrats are calling for a $12 billion increase in foreign affairs spending.
March 18, 2021 -
DHS is working to protect against attacks on global positioning systems. Science and Technology Directorate technical manager Ernest Wong spoke to Federal Drive about how.
March 17, 2021 -
Matt Bradley, vice president of Global Security Solutions at On Solve, joins host John Gilroy on this week's Federal Tech Talk to discuss how a new stack of products from OnSolve can help federal IT professionals reach their goals for 2021 and beyond.
March 15, 2021 -
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is warning that the federal government, at all levels, doesn't have the workforce it needs to stay on top of this emerging technology.
March 12, 2021 -
Cybersecurity teaching will take place right alongside mechanical and many other types of engineering at a planned new facility at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
March 12, 2021 -
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security members questioned CISA leaders about plans to improve federal cybersecurity efforts.
March 11, 2021 -
During a virtual workshop with DoD tech leaders, Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity and Senior Information Security Officer Dave McKeown stressed accountability for preserving cyber readiness.
March 10, 2021 -
From a security perspective, the deployment of new equipment, software and virtualized technology to manage communications networks and carrying over some legacy systems are important.
March 10, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, any agency wanting a brand new website will have to go through a new provider.
March 10, 2021 -
CISA says exploitation of verified credentials in the SolarWinds breach should be cause for alarm and give rise to tighter identity controls in the federal government.
March 10, 2021 -
So far in the big stimulus bill, contractors got an extension of section 3610, which gives them a sort of ongoing protection from the pandemic.
March 10, 2021