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China’s structured and well-funded ecosystem for cyber dominance poses a growing threat to U.S. cybersecurity, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official warned, saying the U.S. must continue to foster public-private partnerships and global alliances to defend against those threats.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has named ECS – an IT systems integrator focused on data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation solutions – the prime contractor on a six-year, $528 million task order for CISA’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program Office. […]

A top Federal election security official reported no national-level incidents that would impact the security of election infrastructure as of Tuesday afternoon, while intelligence and law enforcement agencies pegged Russia as the most problematic threat for election mischief designed to undermine voter confidence. […]

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Just days before the 2024 presidential election, Jen Easterly, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – and the nation’s top election security czar – foot stomped the notion that U.S. election infrastructure has never been more secure. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first-ever International Strategic Plan this week, which covers the 2025-2026 period and aims to serve as a complement to the agency’s first comprehensive strategic plan published two years ago.  […]

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Members of the House Homeland Security Committee are probing the intelligence community to provide updated information on the cyber threat China poses to the United States in the wake of reports that claim the PRC breached major phone and broadband companies. […]

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During its quarterly meeting on Friday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) approved recommendations in four reports delivered to Director Jen Easterly aimed at bolstering resilience for critical infrastructure and open source security, as well as ensuring adoption of the agency’s secure by design initiative and increasing the agency’s public outreach. […]

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Aging critical infrastructure is impacting how Federal officials are preparing to respond to cyberattacks and damage to that infrastructure from environmental disasters, with collaborate approaches and response plans key to that preparedness effort.   […]

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The cybersecurity field is facing a persistent workforce shortage, and educating young people about the importance of cybersecurity and its career opportunities is one way that Bridget Bean, the executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is aiming to help solve it.   […]

Government agencies and critical infrastructure entities are not prepared for a cyber conflict with China, according to a new draft report from a subcommittee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC). […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance, along with other Federal agency partners, this week kicked off the 21st annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month. […]

Just a few months after taking over the helm as the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jeff Greene laid out his priorities on Tuesday with partnerships topping the list. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), through its Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) platform, has helped save an estimated average of $4.45 million in potential remediation costs for critical and severe vulnerabilities across the Federal government. […]

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., is calling on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to do more to combat the spread of election misinformation and disinformation, especially in the age of artificial intelligence. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unveiled a new plan Monday to align collective operational defense capabilities across the Federal government and drive down cybersecurity risks to more than 100 Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies. […]

With just 50 days left until the 2024 presidential election in the United States, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly emphasized today that election infrastructure has never been more secure. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Associate Director for China Operations, Andrew Scott, has stepped down from his role, a CISA spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a new streamlined cyber incident reporting portal featuring enhanced reporting and security features, as well as a new “collaboration” function that allows users to have informal discussions with CISA.   […]

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Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., this week introduced the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act to require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to coordinate with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on improving cybersecurity activities. […]

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A new report out from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlines 37 open recommendations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should prioritize, including an important one at the heart of how DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) undertakes its mission. […]

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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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced on Thursday the release of its “Software Acquisition Guide for Government Enterprise Consumers: Software Assurance in the Cyber-Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Lifecycle.” […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today it has selected Lisa Einstein to serve as the agency’s first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). […]

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