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DHS set to launch its 'most significant hiring initiative' as part of cyber workforce sprint

The Department of Homeland Security is building momentum on its plans to get ahead of an escalating ransomware threat, and getting started on 60-day sprint focused on ramping up its cyber workforce to get ahead of these threats.

Cybersecurity

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

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers concerned CISA lacks 'centralized visibility' to hunt agency cyber threats

Cybersecurity

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security

Federal Newscast

Congressmen urge Biden not to appoint defense-industry pros to Pentagon jobs

People

CISA cyber exec resigns, another may be fired

Workforce

CISA putting skills over experience as it rethinks cyber hiring approach

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Cybersecurity

CISA gives agencies a day to remedy Windows DNS server vulnerability

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Federal Newscast

DHS reminds agencies how to secure networks during the telework age

The White House is visible as morning traffic builds along 16th Street Northwest, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Contracts/Awards

OMB’s new coronavirus contractor guidance doesn’t answer some of the toughest questions

Mike Pompeo

Federal Newscast

State Dept. workforce is now more diverse, but its leadership is not

Josh Hawley

Federal Newscast

Senator wants to give FTC more firepower to take on big tech

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Cybersecurity

Information sharing anchors CISA crisis response strategy

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Cybersecurity

CISA demands 'emergency action' from agencies on Windows vulnerability patch

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Fearing 'cyber 9/11,' national security council stresses unified emergency response from agencies

In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Cybersecurity researchers say a coordinated cyberespionage campaign has targeted U.N. relief agencies, the International Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations groups for the past 10 months. The California cybersecurity outfit Lookout says the campaign, which uses phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers, is still active. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Cybersecurity

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

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Reporter's Notebook

What FEMA is to disaster response, CISA should be for cyber response

In this May 16, 2019, photo, Chinese men pass by a Huawei retail shop in Beijing. Stepping up the pressure on Beijing, the U.S. Commerce Department has effectively barred U.S. companies from selling or transferring technology to Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest maker of network gear, No. 2 smartphone manufacturer and a champion of Chinese industry. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Cybersecurity

Federal Huawei, ZTE ban may extend to private networks too

Cybersecurity

CISA to kick off 'year of vulnerability management' with updated threat disclosure policy

Erin Shepley, DHS, CISA

Cybersecurity

CISA kicks off Cybersecurity Awareness Month in time for new national security adviser

A worker is surrounded by computer monitors in the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. The center serves as the hub for the federal government's cyber situational awareness, incident response, and management center for any malicious cyber activity. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Cybersecurity

CISA stepping into cybersecurity coordinator role as agencies improve cyber hygiene

Anne Neuberger is the director of cybersecurity at NSA.

Reporter's Notebook

New cyber directorate reorgs to help NSA shift focus on nation state adversaries

Federal Newscast

Date set for major change coming to GSA schedules