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White House reviewing HIPAA cybersecurity updates

HHS wants to boost the cybersecurity protections required under HIPAA, as ransomware groups continue to target sensitive healthcare information.

Veterans Affairs

VA still dealing with fallout from Change Healthcare ransomware attack

Cybersecurity

HHS looks to create ‘one-stop shop’ for healthcare cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

HHS pushes better cybersecurity across the health sector

Commentary

The key to ‘fighting through the fog of war’ in cyberattacks

Federal Newscast

Ransomware attackers steal personal info of over 600K Medicare beneficiaries

Federal Newscast

Coast Guard cyber expert says ransomware attack on federal agency is more than likely

Fed Access

Cyber warfare in Ukraine

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Cybersecurity

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

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ryan Allshouse uses the intrusion detection system to monitor unclassified network activity from the automated data processing workspace aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). IDS is part of the integrated shipboard network system and serves as an important computer network defense enabler protecting the unclassified shipboard network from cyber attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released)

Navy

How the Navy is dealing with a heightened cybersecurity threat situation

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Cybersecurity

Foreign hackers up their game, your agency may not be prepared

Technology

Mitigating the threat of ransomware, FHFA uses all the tools at their disposal

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Technology

DoD takes preventive measures to protect data, ward off cyber attacks

In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo, contractors walk past a capacitor bank at an AEP electrical transmission substation in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Cybersecurity

Security of the electrical grid: Is the government really on top of this nagging risk?

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Cybersecurity

DHS continues rolling out new cyber requirements to transportation sector

Cybersecurity

Contractors might not realize how susceptible to ransomware they really are

Ralph Kahn, chief revenue officer at Shift5

Cybersecurity

Vectors for cyber attacks on military vehicles keep increasing

Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss vaccines and protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

One of the nation's top public health officials is calling it a career

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Commentary

Disincentivizing ransomware criminals across the federal government

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Cybersecurity

New CISA office brings in cloud giants, other private companies to collaborate on cyber threats

Jason Healey

Cybersecurity

When ransomware attacks US infrastructure, it's tricky to know when to return fire

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Federal Insights

Managing risk as ransomware popularity grows
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FILE - This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Federal Newscast

Biden administration launches new website to combat ransomware