For nearly a quarter century, the government has been coaxing industry to report cyber security incidents. Now it's the law, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has the task of writing the rules and making it happen. For one industry view of how it's going, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the Information Technology Industry Council's Senior Director of Policy, Courtney Lang.
Groups are urging CISA to develop a common format or even a user-friendly web portal for reporting cybersecurity incidents to the government.
OMB releases new deadlines and guidance for agencies to prepare for quantum computers capable of breaking current encryption techniques.
New guidance from lead cybersecurity agencies identifies Software Bills of Materials as a critical factor in ensuring security during the software acquisition process.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) program is planning to expand the capabilities of the agency and federal dashboards in 2023.
The goals are voluntary, but the Biden administration is separately pressing certain critical infrastructure sectors to adopt minimum cyber standards.
The minimum security configurations should help agencies better secure widely used business applications.
The federal chief information security officer says the zero trust strategy is helping cyber leaders make the case for specific investments in the 2024 budget.
The Army has a new cybersecurity strategy for operational technology, as service officials are concerned about cyber attacks on critical infrastructure.
CISA is kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a new binding operational directive for agencies.
During this webinar, you will gain the unique perspective of top government security experts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services and industry leaders.
CISA's new Protective DNS service will help defend agencies from a wide variety of cyber attacks, and the lead architect on the program wants to offer the capability to other enterprises.
Challenges still exist in securing critical infrastructure against cyber attacks.
A leader at the Directorate of Digital Innovation predicts that the CIA's median hiring time will have dropped by “orders of magnitude” by this December.
OMB wants to avoid a future SolarWinds by requiring federal software vendors to self-certify that they’re following secure development practices.