Security

One advocate of skills-based hiring says employers need to stop looking for ‘unicorns’ and invest more in hands-on training to fill cyber skills gaps.

A bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), would require vendors of online collaboration tools, like Zoom or Slack, to boost their security.

It’s not easy to share information securely outside your organization. This is the crux of the DoD’s policy on Mission Partner Environments (MPE).

CISA said the hackers have compromised operational technology connected to water systems, dams, energy networks, and the food and agriculture sector.

The 2021 Biden Administration executive order on cybersecurity, laid out no less than 55 requirements. And those were just for leadership and oversight.

CISA Director Jen Easterly said her agency has completed EDR deployments at eight federal agencies, with five more in progress.

The White House issued National Security Memorandum-22 updating an Obama-era policy for how agencies oversee and manage 16 critical infrastructure sectors.

On the cybersecurity front, every week seems to bring a new threat. A recent one in the category of advanced persistent threat is known as Volt Typhoon.