Cybersecurity
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.
Cybersecurity
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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Federal contractor to pay $9M to resolve cyber-related false claims case
The settlement stems from a 2017 whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Aerojet Rocketdyne concealed its poor cyber hygiene from its government partners.
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CISA Urges FCC to Prioritize National Security in Internet Routing Probe
CISA Director Jen Easterly said industry concerns shouldn’t preclude use of the commission’s regulatory authority to mitigate exploitation of the Border Gateway Protocol.
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House bill tasks CISA with SolarWinds report
A key lawmaker on the House Homeland Security Committee wants more details on what was breached and what was lost when the SolarWinds Orion platform was compromised in a supply chain attack.
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Diabetes Patients Flood FDA with Comments on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices
As the agency finalizes guidance for approving the sale of devices such as those used to monitor and control glucose levels, the comments highlight competition and consumer protection issues associated with a grassroots movement for the “right-to-repair.”
Cybersecurity
Biden’s executive order sharpens health data privacy following Roe v. Wade overturn
The executive order brings federal enforcement to protecting location and health data, in order to prevent law enforcement abuses.
Cybersecurity
FBI chief sounds off on China cyber threats
Chris Wray said that “the Chinese government sees cyber as the pathway to cheat and steal on a massive scale.”
Cybersecurity
North Korea Behind Manually Executed Ransomware Attacks, Federal Agencies Say
Officials are connecting the “Maui” ransomware to attacks on the public health sector over the past year.
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DOD rings in Independence Day with bug bounties
HackerOne is managing a $110,000 bounty program through July 11.
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TSA Implements 'Surge Team' to Allow Pipeline Industry Flexibility on Security Directives
The new recruits are processing companies’ requests seeking the approval of “alternative measures” to comply with a directive the agency issued in response to the May 2021 ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline.
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NIST Identifies 4 Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms
Federal researchers are one step closer to protecting U.S. data from quantum computing decryption capabilities.
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Vendors prep for new cyber rules of the road
Federal policy is shifting to impose tighter cybersecurity requirements on government contractors and Congress appears poised to impose new standards throughout the private sector.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security, Israeli Partners Team to Improve Cyber Resilience
The joint initiative will be managed by the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.
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