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Cybersecurity

Some of Einstein 3A lost its value leaving CISA no choice but shut it down

In an email to agencies earlier this fall, CISA says email filtering and DNS sinkholing capabilities are no longer as valuable as they once were and are going away in December.

Cybersecurity

White House directs agencies to prioritize ‘secure by design’ in 2025 budgets

Commentary

The true price of technology debt

Cybersecurity

White House sets new deadline for agencies to use CISA monitoring tools

CIO News

OMB makes Myklegard the permanent deputy federal CIO

Cybersecurity

Industry associations raise alarm bells over legislating software security

Reporter's Notebook

3 takeaways from FITARA 14

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Cybersecurity

CISA provides agencies with long-awaited cloud security guidance

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Cybersecurity

Congress wants to overhaul FISMA. Agencies are already measuring security differently

The Capitol is seen as members of the House of Representatives vote on a short-term lift of the nation's debt limit and ensure the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers see 'real opportunity' to modernize federal cyber playbook

Management

Biden seeks a higher standard for federal customer experience. How well is it already working?

FILE - In this May 13, 2021, file photo, Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on unaccompanied minors at the southern border, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Portman announced earlier this year that he would not run again. The Senate primary in Ohio is still a year away, but Republican contenders already are working furiously to cast themselves as Trump's favorite in the open race. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Cloud Computing

Senators see room in FedRAMP bill to address supply chain security threats

Ross Nodurft, executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation. Nodurft joined ADI after nearly three years as senior director of cybersecurity services at Venable. From 2015 to 2017, he served as chief of the cyber team in the White House Office of Management and Budget. He also served as a staffer in the Senate, including as senior policy advisor from 2013 through 2014 to then-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) when she was chairwoman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee.

IT Modernization

Former White House, Senate staffer to lead cloud-based tech group

Chris DeRusha is the Federal Chief Information Security Officer.

People

Veteran of White House, DHS steps into federal CISO role

Federal Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Management and Budget (CISO)

Reporter's Notebook

Federal CISO Schneider knew when to let the cyber cats roam, when to herd them

Grant Schneider is the federal chief information security officer

People

Schneider leaving federal CISO role for private sector

Reporter's Notebook

FedRAMP’s banner year leads to more ideas to speed up, improve the processes

Business, technology, internet and networking concept.

Reporter's Notebook

EINSTEIN and TIC never got along, and TIC 3.0 makes their break-up official

Business, technology, internet and networking concept.

Management

After a dozen years, agencies are freed from restrictive cyber policy

The witness chair in the House Judiciary Committee is expected to be without former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. President Donald Trump directed McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify but the committee's chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has threatened to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress if he doesn't appear. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reporter's Notebook

Senate committee details cyber deficiencies at 8 agencies, but is that the whole story?

Josh Moses left as chief of OMB's cyber office on Nov. 30 to join the private sector.

Reporter's Notebook

Moses held up the cyber mantle at OMB office

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Reporter's Notebook

Why the case for banning Kaspersky Lab could be in trouble

Ross Nodurft is the a former OMB unit chief for the cyber and national security unit and now works with the Center for Cybersecurity and Law.

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White House mandated risk management reports show mapping of threat to capability to investment