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CISA orders federal agencies to regularly perform IT asset discovery, vulnerability enumeration
A new directive issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is ordering US federal civilian agencies to perform regular asset discovery and …

US to award $1B to state, local, and territorial governments to improve cyber resilience
The US government will award $1 billion in grants to help state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments address cybersecurity risks, strengthen the cybersecurity of their …

Is $15.6 billion enough to protect critical infrastructure?
Several bills totaling $15.6 billion are making their way through the House for the 2023 fiscal year. While $11.2 billion will go to the Department of Defense, $2.9 billion …

US government software suppliers must attest their solutions are secure
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a memo requiring US federal government agencies to use software that has been built according to secure software …

How government CISOs tackle digital transformation initiatives
In this interview for Help Net Security, Dan Tucker, Senior VP at Booz Allen, and leader of the firm’s cloud and data engineering solutions for citizen services, talks about …

Organizations would like the government to help with ransomware demand costs
Businesses are increasingly concerned about how they will meet ransomware demands. Only 19 percent of those surveyed have ransomware coverage limits above $600,000, while over …

USA’s plan to build its cyber workforce, improve skills-based pathways to cyber jobs
On July 19, 2022, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis hosted the National Cyber Workforce and Education Summit at the White House. The event focused on building the cyber …

What NATO’s virtual rapid response cyber capability means for the fight against cyber warfare
At the recent meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Madrid, NATO heads of state agreed to boost resilience to cyber and hybrid threats. NATO members will strengthen their …

Nearly all governmental websites serve cookies or third-party trackers
In some countries up to 90% of governmental websites add third-party tracker cookies without users’ consent. This occurs even in countries with strict user privacy laws, …

Is the UK government prepared for its greatest threat?
Jen Easterly, the director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has warned the UK government that they could be the victim of a 9/11-style …

The most common exploit paths enterprises leave open for attackers
Exposed version control repositories, leaked secrets in public code repositories, a subdomain vulnerable to takover, exposed Amazon S3 buckets, and Microsoft Exchange Server …

The cyber posture of the U.S. Federal Government
Government agencies are prime targets for attack due to the sheer amount of sensitive information they possess. As today’s geopolitical landscape continues to become …
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