Brandon Wales

Congress moves to reauthorize CISA’s cyber defense program

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is line for another budget boost, while lawmakers are also reauthorizing CISA’s marquee cyber defense…

Cybersecurity

DHS photo by Zachary Hupp/Zachary Hupp

DHS CIO highlights ways to strengthen cyber workforce under IT modernization strategy

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

Cybersecurity

CISA to pilot secure cloud instance in response to SolarWinds attack

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, logos of Huawei are displayed at its retail shop window with the reflection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. A committee of lawmakers on Thursday Oct. 8, 2020, is urging the British government to consider banning Chinese technology giant Huawei from the country's next-generation mobile phone networks two years earlier than planned. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FCC explores ‘additional consequences’ for banned IT vendors to secure supply chains

Cybersecurity

Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.)

Katko calls for $5B CISA budget to reflect its ‘quarterback’ status

Cybersecurity

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Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, testifies in Washington

White House reviewing National Cyber Director role as Congress presses for governmentwide leadership

Cybersecurity

CISA’s four-part plan to spend $650M on cyber protections

Cybersecurity