Digital Government
Ukraine Tech Chief: Cloud Migration ‘Saved Ukrainian Government and Economy’
“Russian missiles can’t destroy the cloud,” Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation explained.
Cybersecurity
TSA Considers Using Third-Party Assessors in Coming Pipeline Regulations
The agency is exercising its authority to regulate pipelines and railways after issuing a series of short-term emergency security directives.
Cybersecurity
What the Census Bureau Can Learn From the IRS About Detecting Cyberattacks
Inspectors general from Commerce and Treasury present a tale of two testing regimes.
Cybersecurity
Report finds Census Bureau lacks ‘effective cybersecurity posture’ after red team hack
A new inspector general report details how government-contracted hackers managed to gain covert access to Census Bureau systems in a simulated attack against the federal agency.
Cybersecurity
What do industry and cybersecurity experts want in the upcoming national cyber strategy?
The White House has been working with a range of industry stakeholders and cybersecurity experts on a forthcoming plan that could transform America’s cyber landscape. Here’s what they hope makes it into the new strategy.
Cybersecurity
It’s Finally Here: Pentagon Releases Plan To Keep Hackers Out Of Its Networks
Defense agencies are to implement zero-trust standards by 2027.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon releases zero trust plan to keep hackers out of its networks
Defense agencies are to implement zero-trust standards by 2027.
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Digital Government
VA Has a Plan to Attract Workers Displaced by Widespread Tech Industry Layoffs
Amid a recent wave of layoffs across the technology sector, the VA is working to position itself as an enticing destination for unemployed tech workers.
Cybersecurity
Trade Org Urges OMB to ‘Harmonize’ Secure Software Development Practices
The Information Technology Industry Council asked OMB to clarify a memorandum that was creating challenges for software producers.
Cybersecurity
IG dings State Department's information security program in annual report
The State Department Office of the Inspector General says it found weaknesses in eight of nine domains in an audit of the department's information security program.
Cybersecurity
CISA Seeks Information for Potential Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
The request will help the agency develop the platform to address current challenges related to cyber threat intelligence.
Cybersecurity
Warner calls TikTok an 'enormous threat'
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said the U.S. regulators have a "huge mountain to climb" when it comes to reducing risks from the massively popular, China-owned social media app.
Cybersecurity
Offshore Drilling Operations Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, Watchdog Warns
The Government Accountability Office made a new case for improving the cybersecurity safeguards within offshore drilling and natural gas facilities.
Cybersecurity
Latest Guidance Outlines Customer Responsibilities for Software Security
The guide provides recommendations throughout the product lifecycle, from procurement to deployment.
Cybersecurity
White House Begins to Push Federal Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration
The Office of Management and Budget released new guidance to begin the governmentwide effort to safeguard digital infrastructure from quantum attacks.
Cybersecurity
Agencies Push Deadline to Comment on Would-Be Federal Cyber Insurance Program
Insurance companies are pushing for taxpayer assistance to provide coverage in the event of catastrophic incidents.
Cybersecurity
TSA administrator says new cyber requirements in the works for aviation industry
The administrator of the Transportation Security Administration said the White House is following a similar approach to how it crafted cyber requirements for the oil and gas pipeline industry following the 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack in crafting guidelines for the aviation sector.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service’s Zero Trust Plan Must Account for OMB Guidance, Watchdog Says
The Secret Service’s plan for adopting a zero trust architecture model across the agency’s systems has not been updated since the Office of Management and Budget released new guidance in January.
Cybersecurity
Big Tech Tells CISA to Exempt Third-Party Providers from Incident Reporting Rule
Major industry groups clashed on how CISA should define key terms in its rulemaking process to implement the federal incident reporting law.
Cybersecurity