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If you buy or approve the acquisition of software for the government, you probably already know. You're going to have to deal with something called a software bill of materials, or S-BOM as part of understanding what you're getting.
The great Solar Winds breach back in 2020 prompted many agencies to improve their cybersecurity. Even the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found it had to improve its own ability to detect threats.
CISA hired hundreds last year, and it plans to hire even more this year, as the agency looks to keep up with a growing stack of cyber responsibilities.
The United States Agency for International Development is focused on its modernization efforts for employees.
In today's Federal Newscast: A new House subcommittee chairman pledges to conduct rigorous oversight of CISA. All 44 Army installations institute the military housing Tenant Bill of Rights. And the White House is putting up $250 million to help make federal buildings more climate friendly.
CISA is working to identify a subset of critical infrastructure that underpin the economy, national security and public health and safety.
CISA is requesting nearly $425 million in 2024 to launch a new "Cyber Analytics and Data System."
In today's Federal Newscast: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is looking at a budget bump in the millions. The Technology Modernization Fund is in line for $200 million more in fiscal 2024. And the Agriculture Department goes in search of a better potato to make better chips.
In 2011, billionaire software developer and Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen wrote a seminal article for the Wall Street Journal about “the software revolution.” He began the piece by proclaiming, “Software is eating the world.”
The director of CESER and Energy's CIO talk about their respective efforts in the wake of the Biden administration's national cyber strategy.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Census Bureau didn't spend as much as once thought. Another bridge across the valley of death is being built for small-business contractors. And agencies are making progress on the President's Management Agenda.
NIST is updating its Cybersecurity Framework for the first time in five years, and there's a new focus on "governance" and other emerging cyber issues.
The new directive carves out some exceptions, but tells agencies they should mostly be on the DotGov or DotMil domain.
CISA's new office is looking to move beyond guidance and policies to help agencies move out on security their IT supply chains.