Chinese state-sponsored hackers are waging a global cyber campaign against critical infrastructure, U.S. and international authorities warned today. […]
U.S. Navy leaders are emphasizing the urgent need to shift cybersecurity approaches, embrace innovation, train the workforce, and drive cultural change as critical strategies to stay ahead of rapidly evolving technologies and emerging digital threats. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking insight from industry for cybersecurity operations, risk management, and compliance support for a potential Military Sealift Command (MSC) Cybersecurity Support Services (CSS) contract. […]
The Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) and Sandia National Laboratories are warning that public and private sector collaborators must work to close the “software understanding” gap to better secure the nation’s systems and infrastructure. […]
A new report from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reveals that while DOE has taken steps to address some previously identified cybersecurity weaknesses, a substantial number of vulnerabilities remain. […]
The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $52 million contract to Booz Allen Hamilton to support a broad range of cybersecurity initiatives, according to contract details that were just publicly released. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) new guidance, released on Aug. 13 for critical infrastructure owners and operators to improve the security of their operational technology (OT), focuses on creating and maintaining comprehensive OT asset inventories and taxonomies. […]
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it has taken down servers operated by a Russian ransomware group that compromised over 450 victims within the United States in just over two years. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today ordered Federal government agencies to take mitigation steps to deal with a Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability that the agency warned about on Wednesday night, and to finish that work by 9 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 11. […]
The clock is ticking for contractors to comply with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) long-anticipated cybersecurity compliance policy. By Oct. 1, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) clause could start appearing in all applicable DoD contracts. […]
A new private-sector commission aims to accelerate U.S. military readiness in cyberspace by examining the development of an independent cyber force for the military. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on August 1 that it is offering $103.8 million of grant funding to state, local, and tribal governments to “strengthen community cybersecurity.” […]
As adversaries are increasingly leveraging AI and deepfakes in their cyberattacks, the chief information security officer (CISO) for the U.S. House of Representatives on July 29 stressed the importance of adapting security awareness training to keep up with the emerging technologies. […]
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mark Warner, D-Va., are sounding the alarm over cybersecurity gaps at rural hospitals due to Medicaid funding cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill budget reconciliation package approved by Congress earlier this month. […]
Officials with both the National Guard Bureau and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to MeriTalk today that the China-based Salt Typhoon hacking group targeted National Guard networks for attacks between March and December 2024. […]
In its fourth attempt to get answers, Democratic lawmakers are once again pressing officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for explanations on how the agency is supporting state and local election offices ahead of the 2026 midterm election cycle. […]
As it nears its sunset date this fall, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 has succeeded in improving Federal agencies’ ability to share cyber threat data – a feat that would have been less likely without the law, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlights the law’s implementation successes. […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) put the nation on alert Sunday to the dangers of cyberattacks and other retaliatory measures that could be launched by Iran following the June 21 bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States. […]
A recent Commerce Department watchdog report has revealed critical deficiencies in the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) ability to detect and respond to sophisticated cyberattacks, which the report says places national security at risk. […]
President Donald Trump issued an order late Friday that makes modest changes to two cybersecurity executive orders issued by the Biden and Obama administrations, creating new urgency for action on several existing and developing cybersecurity challenges. […]
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, is pressing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about updating cybersecurity planning for the U.S. communications sector, and on maintaining an existing program that helps to evaluate the security of mobile apps that have ties to adversarial nations. […]
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced legislation that aims to streamline software purchasing across the Federal government with a goal of reducing unnecessary costs. […]
While artificial intelligence (AI) tech has emerged as a game-changer in cybersecurity, one senior Federal official urged a degree of caution this week by saying that AI integration could do more harm than good without following strong foundational security practices. […]
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and James Lankford, R-Okla., on May 23 reintroduced the Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act, a bill that would require Federal government contractors to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs). […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tech to streamline vulnerability assessments and improve cyber defense across the defense industrial base (DIB). […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is bracing for a hit to its cybersecurity workforce amid the agency’s ongoing efforts to reduce its civilian workforce and the impact of a sustained hiring freeze, a Pentagon official said on Thursday. […]
China continues to pose the most active and persistent cyber threat to the United States and potential threats “are or will be coming in the near future,” a top FBI cybersecurity official warned today. […]
Top cybersecurity professionals from across the Federal government and industry gathered on Thursday evening at Morton’s in Washington, D.C., to honor the 2025 Cyber Defenders Award winners. […]
Katie Sutton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as the Pentagon’s top cyber policy official, told lawmakers on Tuesday that her priorities include strengthening the Department of Defense’s (DoD) cyber workforce and its offensive cyber capabilities. […]
Pushing back on industry criticism, a top Pentagon tech official made clear today that the Defense Department’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) policy exists because defense contractors failed to meet earlier standards – and that CMMC is here to stay whether contractors like it or not. […]