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The events of 9/11 – and more recently, the SolarWinds cyber incident – have illuminated a vital lesson: seamless collaboration across the intelligence community, Federal agencies, industries, academia, and international partners is essential for a comprehensive understanding of national security threats, a senior intelligence official said this week. […]

Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA

With 40 out of 60 planned sites slated for fiscal year (FY) 2024 now operational, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is aiming for full deployment of its Thunderdome zero trust network initiative by FY 2027, according to a senior agency official. […]

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Senior U.S. defense leaders offered a blunt message at last week’s Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington: no matter how high-tech your security is, it’s only as good as your basic cyber hygiene that surrounds it. […]

Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology
Army

The U.S. Army aims to introduce new regulations by February – or potentially sooner – that will require comprehensive ingredient lists for nearly all newly acquired or developed software that the service branch uses. […]

White House

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) today released its Roadmap to Enhancing Internet Routing Security, offering more than a dozen recommendations to network operators and service providers as well as the Federal government to secure the internet ecosystem. […]

Federal officials said this week that international collaboration and better sharing of actionable security guidance are needed to help meet the challenge of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from China and other adversaries who are making the ability to attack critical infrastructure industries part of their military strategies.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a new vulnerability to its known exploited vulnerability catalog following a warning last week from Lumen Technologies that Chinese state-sponsored threat actor Volt Typhoon is actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in network management platform Versa Director. […]

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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace, R-S.C., are looking for answers on Federal government and U.S. citizen exposure to a possible cyberattack against National Public Data. […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting public comments after unveiling a proposal that includes cybersecurity mandates for the future manufacturing of airplanes and aviation equipment, according to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on Wednesday.   […]

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Pentagon Military Defense DoD

The Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule today to integrate Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements into the contracting process as the Pentagon moves forward with its cyber certification initiative. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is on the verge of implementing a key aspect of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, following the completed review of a proposed rule that will modify the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations. […]

Sen. Mark Warner

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said this week he sent letters to 15 Federal agencies – along with the FBI and the White House – demanding information about their exposure to an AT&T data breach disclosed by the company last month that includes most wireless customer call and text records from May to October 2022. […]

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Pentagon Military Defense DoD

Several U.S. government agencies including the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued an advisory today warning about a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that they say is conducting a “global espionage campaign” aimed at advancing North Korean military and nuclear programs. […]

A group of industry cybersecurity leaders told lawmakers today that harmonizing “overlapping and inconsistent” government cybersecurity regulations would help reduce the administrative burden on their cyber workforces and free up additional resources for fighting threats. […]

CISA

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., is planning to introduce a bill that would codify the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) following Friday’s Microsoft outage linked to the cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike. […]

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