Michael Daniel

DHS says agencies should adopt cyber incident reporting definition, common form

DHS’ recommendations come amid a growing patchwork of cyber incident reporting rules and regulations.

Cybersecurity

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From ‘partner’ to ‘regulatory enforcer’: CISA takes on complex cyber incident reporting mandate

Cybersecurity

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Agencies get Christmas Eve deadline to address ‘extremely concerning’ vulnerability

Cybersecurity

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A multi-sector task force has ideas for taking on the threat from ransomware

Cybersecurity

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Experts laud SolarWinds post-attack efforts, but why’d it take a massive cyber incident to make changes?

Reporter's Notebook

Donald Trump, John Kelly, John Bolton, Larry Kudlow, Mike Pence

Decision to consolidate cyber roles in NSC creates broader uncertainty across federal initiatives

Reporter's Notebook

Lack of cyber workers is the forcing function for shared services

Ask the CIO

Should a DISA-like agency take over cyber, IT for all civilian agencies?

Reporter's Notebook

White House names first federal chief information security officer

People

Cyber pros score on-the-spot job offers during first-ever DHS career fair

Hiring/Retention

OMB applying lessons from cyber sprint to 2016 presidential transition

Management

First-ever cyber workforce strategy aims to grow pipeline of skills

The Office of Management and Budget outlined a series of steps agencies should take to increase the number of people they recruit, train and prepare to…

Cybersecurity

As IT budget request inches up, OMB underscores better overall management

President Barack Obama is requesting $89.8 billion for federal IT in 2017, including $51.3 billion for civilian agencies and $38.5 billion for the Defense…

Budget

White House raises cyber stakes with request for 35 percent increase in 2017

Budget

President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for $19 billion for federal cybersecurity efforts in fiscal 2017. The White House wants to use some of the money to create a $3.1 billion IT modernization fund and provide more education to federal employees as part of a new cyber national action plan.