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House bill would require federal contractors to adopt cyber vulnerability disclosure policy

Vulnerability disclosure has proliferated across federal agencies in recent years. A new House bill would make them mandatory for contractors, too.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon’s vulnerability disclosure program developing expansion plans to cover more contractors

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DHS marks expansion of bug bounty efforts with impending contract awards

Cybersecurity

In this May 24, 2018 photo New Mexico State Rep. Yvette Herrell, R-Alamogordo, speaks to voters at a GOP event in Hobbs, N.M. Now that Rep. Steve Pearce, R-Hobbs, is stepping down to run for New Mexico governor, eyes are turning to southern New Mexico where the open congressional seat that in recent years has leaned Republican could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)

House Republicans look to get feds back to the office

Federal Newscast

Hackers find more than 400 vulnerabilities in DoD’s industrial base companies

Defense

Homeland Security’s bug bounty pilot went so well, the agency is looking to expand upon it

Federal Newscast

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

Federal Newscast

OMB, CISA release a trifecta of cyber guidance

Cybersecurity

Air Force wants bug bounties to tackle cyber threats deep in its supply chain

Air Force

CISA partners with OMB to stand up vulnerability disclosure policies at civilian agencies

Cybersecurity

New tool to help federal agencies complete annual FOIA reports

Federal Newscast

Air Force cloud had 54 vulnerabilities before hackers found them

The Air Force called on white-hat hackers to protect one of its clouds.

Air Force

GSA Centers of Excellence cyber official urges greater adoption of bug bounties

When it comes to moving from on-site data centers to the cloud, agencies face substantial workforce and culture challenges that aren’t always reflected…

Cloud Computing

FBI senior IT official: Bug bounties still useful, but ‘a little over-hyped’

Cybersecurity

Manny Castillo, a senior IT security adviser at the FBI, said the bureau does all its penetration testing internally and has no plans on changing that.