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Crowdstrike outage: SSA shutters offices, other agency impacts

Here’s what we know about how a global IT outage, sparked by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, is impacting federal agencies.

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Cyber Leaders Exchange 2023: CrowdStrike’s Andrew Harris on 4 tips to avoid zero trust missteps

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AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaFILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration.  Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

CISA looks to tie together public-private partnerships through new cyber planning office

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Election security: Thwarting disinformation and interference in 2020

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Not just feds, all government levels vulnerable to ransomware attacks

One of the most troublesome forms of cyber attack, ransomware famously hit Baltimore earlier this year.

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Cybersecurity consultant’s report lays out areas of US vulnerability

An important term ought to be in every cybersecurity practitioner’s lexicon: Adversary tradecraft. Dmitri Alperovitch at Crowdstrike joined Federal Drive…

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As administration drafts new cyber order, experts call for more action, fewer policies

Cyber experts say the nation’s challenges are well known and another set of reviews, as proposed by the Trump administration, is delaying the real work to fix vulnerabilities and mitigate risks.

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