Federal

Tech Industry Group Weighs in on Federal Zero Trust Strategy

The guidance sought public comment on an overarching federal policy from OMB as well as draft technical reference architecture and… Read More

3 years ago

German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) investigates Chinese mobile phones

The decision of the BSI comes after the Lithuanian cyber defense published a report claiming that some mobile phones by… Read More

3 years ago

House Committees Seek to Spend Millions on Cybersecurity

A pair of House committees this week said they want to spend additional millions on cybersecurity by injecting funds into… Read More

3 years ago

Federal Departments Ordered to Improve Logging Capabilities

The White House ordered U.S. agencies to improve their logging capabilities to better track when attackers target their networks and… Read More

3 years ago

Federal Agencies Mostly Use Facial Recognition Tech for Digital Access

The most popular uses for facial recognition technology (FRT) by federal agencies are cybersecurity and digital access, according to a… Read More

3 years ago

OMB Spells Out Federal Agencies' Cybersecurity Timelines

The Office of Management and Budget is ordering federal agencies to begin identifying "critical software" that needs protection as part… Read More

3 years ago

Lawmakers raise concerns over federal division of cybersecurity responsibilities

The bipartisan leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday raised concerns about the division of responsibilities among key… Read More

3 years ago

Federal agencies are failing to protect sensitive data, Senate report finds

Released by the panel on Tuesday, the report expresses concerns about the state of federal agencies’ cyber posture during an… Read More

3 years ago

DHS CISA launches vulnerability disclosure platform for federal agencies

Initially announced in June, the federal civilian enterprise-wide crowdsourced VDP platform provided by BugCrowd and EnDyna was established in support… Read More

3 years ago

Badmouthing of federal gov hurts cybersecurity recruiting

Badmouthing of federal gov hurts cybersecurity recruiting click here to read full Article Read More on latest Security Updates Read More

3 years ago

Iranian Hackers Compromise Websites of a US Federal Library and an African Bank

Hackers claiming to be from Iran attacked the websites of Sierra Leone Commercial African Bank and the United States Federal… Read More

3 years ago

CISA launches platform to let hackers report security bugs to US federal agencies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a vulnerability disclosure program allowing ethical hackers to report security flaws to… Read More

3 years ago

US government launches first VDP for federal civilian agencies

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched its first federal civilian security vulnerability disclosure program (VDP) in… Read More

3 years ago

US President Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity

The move is part of a broad effort to strengthen the United States’ defenses by encouraging private companies to practice… Read More

3 years ago

U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues

The new government breaches involve a popular virtual private network (VPN) known as Pulse Connect Secure, which hackers were able… Read More

3 years ago

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Says Cyberattacks are the Number One Threat to the Global Financial System

Cyberattacks are now the foremost risk to the global financial system, even more so than the lending and liquidity risks… Read More

3 years ago