Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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The ongoing ransomware attacks have everybody spooked. Congress and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are both contemplating ways to get industry to do something they've supposedly been doing for years.
July 01, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, when it came to the SolarWinds cyber attack, the private sector was in no better shape than the government to stop or block the attack.
June 23, 2021 -
When you think of space, you don't think of it as the frontline of cyber war, but that's not the case. Many important aspects of U.S. critical infrastructure are controlled from space, and could be vulnerable to cyber attacks from malicious hackers.
June 21, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is placing a hold on confirming Jen Easterly as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
June 18, 2021 -
Lawmakers are questioning whether CISA is involved enough in responding to cyber incidents and overseeing the security of critical infrastructure sectors.
June 17, 2021 -
Chris Kubic, the former chief information security officer at the National Security Agency, said a shared or a centralized cyber service could help get this job done faster.
June 15, 2021 -
The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.
June 01, 2021 -
The Coast Guard is transforming its cyber “blue team” enterprise into a more comprehensive Cyber Operational Assessments Branch, and is standing up its first red team as part of this restructuring.
May 25, 2021 -
Kevin Cox, the outgoing program manager of the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program at CISA, said CISA has implemented the cyber dashboard at 13 CFO Act agencies and plans to provide it to all agencies later this year.
May 24, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, diplomats and intelligence personnel suffering from a mysterious illness called Havana Syndrome would get additional support from a bill introduced by 15 senators.
May 20, 2021 -
Matt Hartman, the deputy executive assistant director for cyber at CISA, said without EINSTEIN, there may be departments today that still did not know they were victims of the SolarWinds campaign.
May 19, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House and Senate lawmakers seek to overturn a ban on the Postal Service shipping alcohol to households.
May 19, 2021 -
Lots of agencies are hearing alerts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Hunt and Incident Response Program to help network defenders find indicators of compromise.
May 18, 2021 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. That executive order on cybersecurity from the White House last week – where do you even…
May 18, 2021 -
Former and current DHS and White House cyber experts say the EINSTEIN intrusion detection, prevention initiative has lived up to most expectations.
May 18, 2021