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Cal Biesecker | November 13 2019 3:08 pm

Senate Passes Supply Chain Counterintelligence Bill

The Senate last week unanimously approved a bill requiring program and acquisition officials for federal information communications ...
Cal Biesecker | November 6 2019 3:27 pm

CISA Publishes Cyber Essentials For Small Businesses And Governments

In an effort to help small businesses and state and local governments improve their cyber security posture, the Cybersecurity and ...
Cal Biesecker | November 5 2019 5:37 pm

In Off-Year Election, Federal Government Worked Closely With States And Locals

Top federal officials on Tuesday said there were no signs of irregular cyber activities facing ongoing elections in more than 30 states and ...
Cal Biesecker | October 31 2019 4:01 pm

Senate Panel Plans To Markup DHS Cyber Security Subpoena Bill

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee soon plans to mark up proposed legislation that would give the Department ...
Cal Biesecker | October 30 2019 5:29 pm

Bipartisan Bill Directs DHS Provide Cyber Help To Local Governments Switching To .Gov Domain

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would direct the Department of Homeland Security to provide resources and assistance to local ...
Cal Biesecker | October 22 2019 5:41 pm

Cyber Security Experts Advocate For Stronger U.S. Government Role In Helping Private Sector

The U.S. government should do more to help the private sector and even state and local governments protect themselves from cyber attacks ...
Cal Biesecker | October 10 2019 4:23 pm

DHS Seeks Authority To Subpoena ISPs To Contact Exposed Critical Infrastructures

Looking to bolster the cyber resilience of industrial control systems and sensitive critical infrastructure systems, the Department of ...
Cal Biesecker | October 9 2019 4:42 pm

With Standup of New NSA Cyber Security Division, Nakasone Emphasizes Prevention

The National Security Agency last week officially stood up its new Cybersecurity Directorate that is charged with preventing and ...
Cal Biesecker | September 25 2019 4:38 pm

Senate Passes DHS Cyber Security Bill; House Panel Also Proves Cyber, Counter Drone Bills

The Senate on Tuesday approved bipartisan legislation that makes permanent cyber hunt and incident response teams within the Department of ...
Cal Biesecker | September 23 2019 5:45 pm

Task Force Approves Recommendations Of ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Working Groups

A public-private task force that has been collaborating for the past year on ways to mitigate risks to the global supply chain for ...
Cal Biesecker | September 4 2019 4:28 pm

NSTAC Recommends White House Create Senior Advisor For ICT Resiliency And Innovation

Given the challenges in securing key information and communications technology (ICT) as well as fostering innovation in this area, a key ...
Cal Biesecker | September 3 2019 5:39 pm

White House Wants Key Telecom Advisory Committee To Study Need For Software Defined Networks

The top White House cyber security official on Tuesday asked a public-private advisory panel charged with making recommendations to ensure ...
Cal Biesecker | September 3 2019 1:01 pm

DHS Seeks Comments on Proposal to Accept Discoveries of Cyber Vulnerabilities

The Department of Homeland Security in late August began seeking comments from individuals, organizations and companies on a proposed ...
Cal Biesecker | August 29 2019 5:21 pm

ECS Teams With Dutch Firm On DHS Cyber Security Dashboard

ECS, which earlier this year won a potential $276.1 million task order to supply the Department of Homeland Security with an integrated ...
Cal Biesecker | August 29 2019 2:45 pm

DHS Seeks Comments On Proposed Form To Warn Of Cyber Security Vulnerabilities

The Department of Homeland Security this week began seeking comments from individuals, organizations and companies on a proposed channel ...
Cal Biesecker | August 23 2019 5:28 pm

Russians Sticking To Same Tactics For Targeting Election Systems, Krebs Says

The hacking techniques used by Russia against the U.S. ahead of the 2016 elections are still being used by that country to target election ...
Cal Biesecker | August 22 2019 5:43 pm

CISA Chief Wants To Change Model For Protecting Federal Civilian Agency Networks

Federal civilian government agencies need new models for securing their networks instead of having the responsibility for their own ...
Cal Biesecker | August 21 2019 4:47 pm

More Ransomware Attacks Than Being Reported, CISA Says

Ransomware attacks against companies and government agencies have become very evident but more are not even disclosed, the Department of ...

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