Cybersecurity
Ransomware Hackers Will Still Target Smaller Critical Infrastructure, CISA Director Warns
CISA Executive Director Brandon Wales discussed how ransomware actors target companies of all sizes, and how CISA wants organizations to prevent zero-day events.
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Hackers Use More Sophisticated Scams to Drive Costly Data Breaches, Analysis Finds
Criminals are using more sophisticated methods, including virtual meeting services, to take advantage of compromised business emails and accounts for financial gain.
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Camille Stewart Gloster Latest Appointment to Office of the National Cyber Director
The former Google alum joins the White House as multiple federal agencies look to recruit top-tier talent for enterprise technology positions.
Cybersecurity
TSA revises cyber rules for pipelines
The Transportation Security Administration reissued its pipeline cybersecurity directive to offer flexibility to operators.
Cybersecurity
NIST Revises Cybersecurity Guidelines Specifically for HIPAA
NIST will accept comments on the updated draft publication regarding HIPAA’s Security Rule until September 21.
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Official: White House to Meet with Rail Industry Before Issuing Cybersecurity Rules
The meeting comes as the Office of the National Cyber Director prepares a more comprehensive approach to securing privately owned and operated critical infrastructure.
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More Quantum-Focused Legislation Aims to Implement Stronger Cryptography Standards
The bipartisan bill seeks to fortify federal networks as innovation in quantum computing poses new threats to national security.
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Senators look to thwart future quantum hacks
The Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act would instruct the federal government to accelerate preparations for defending against future exploits powered by quantum computing.
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Election Officials Want to Tell the Public 'Where the Good Guys Won' in Cyber Efforts
As misinformation around the 2020 elections continues to swirl, state election officials say that DHS and CISA should do more to raise up ‘successes’ around efforts to mitigate vulnerabilities in voting systems.
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Biden administration looks to jumpstart cyber training
At a White House event, the Labor and Commerce Departments announced a 120-day apprenticeship sprint to offer pathways into cybersecurity jobs.
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Justice Recovered $500K for Victims, Traced Ransomware Payments to China
The announcement emphasizes the department’s new strategy to address cyber threats, which also includes enforcing financial penalties for federal contractors misrepresenting their cyber defenses.
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Cyber looms large in House NDAA
From establishing the National Digital Reserve Corps to setting term limits at CISA, here’s what you need to know about the tech and cyber amendments currently featured in the House version of the FY2023 NDAA.
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CISA Builds Out Effort to Influence Global Policy With London Attaché
The office will inform other efforts to come as the agency grows its international presence.
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NIST Selects 12 Companies for Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography
Officials leading a standardization effort—based on four winning algorithms—are relying heavily on industry for success.
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CISA’s first international office set to open later this month in London
CISA’s planned international attaché office will help promote the agency’s first-ever global strategy announced last year.
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FTC explains 'reasonable' cybersecurity
From risk-based management to staying up-to-date about known vulnerabilities and their patches, the Federal Trade Commission is detailing key steps companies can take to avoid getting hit with a data security complaint.
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Simple Cyber Reporting Will Enable Better Governmentwide Response, Lawmaker Argues
Sen. Gary Peters discussed how streamlined reporting to CISA can clarify the cyber threat landscape to all U.S. networks.
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Cyber Safety Review Board Closes the Book on SolarWinds While Reporting on Log4j
Legislation seeking to amend the annual National Defense Authorization Act wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate.
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NIST promotes testbed to address threats targeting ML systems
Dioptra, an experimentation testbed fielded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, allows researchers to better understand the techniques that can help protect their products and systems against an increasing number of attacks targeting machine learning algorithms.
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