Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service expects to raise mail prices in January 2023.
Even cyberattacks that are launched by powerful governments often rely on the deception of public officials or employees, which means these attacks can be prevented with cybersecurity training.
Every organization talks about innovating and hiring innovators, but how to you find such people? Sabra Horne, an entrepreneur-in-residence at BMNT and former CISA innovation hub chief joined the Federal Drive to give her view.
The health of the U.S. economy and well-being of our citizens relies on secure critical infrastructure but the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 has not been updated since it was first introduced.
CISA is about to get its own procurement authority but could they grow too large too fast? Alan Thomas, the former commissioner of the GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, now the chief operating officer of Intellibridge talked with Tom Temin on the Federal Drive.
As the government's lead agency on cybersecurity, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency known as CISA keeps getting higher budgets, more people and more programs.
The board’s inaugural report also contains dozens of recommendations for government, industry and academia, including suggestions for how agencies could improve software security and transparency.
A round up of federal technology executives from GSA, NOAA, the FBI and others who have been “on the move” over the last few months and that you may have missed.
Just a few weeks ago, the cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory to warn critical infrastructure organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spawn increased malicious cyber activity by Russian state-sponsored cyber terrorists and cybercrime groups.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, a commission to help agencies prevent and manage wildfires has its official members. And the Army kicked off a huge recompete of its Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation (CHS-6) contract.
In today's Federal Newscast, new proposal from the Department of Education is aiming to expand student loan relief programs for federal workers.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is continuing its fast evolution as a standalone department.
CISA's Cybersecurity Advisory Committee is out with its initial recommendations, including plenty of ideas for how the agency can streamline and speed up hiring.
Agencies have made a wholesale push to the cloud, and now they have corresponding security guidance under CISA's Trusted Internet Connections 3.0.
The agency is sending teams of advisors to help agencies shore up their cybersecurity plans.