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U.S. and South Korean officials met in Seoul for the seventh U.S.-ROK Cyber Policy Consultations meeting, where they reaffirmed their commitment to promoting international cybersecurity and bilateral cybersecurity cooperation. During the U.S.-ROK Cyber Policy Consultation meeting, the officials updated each other on their respective countries’ national cyber policies and discussed cooperation and developments in regional […]

The Department of Health and Human Services has released a document and a new website to help health care organizations embrace high-impact cybersecurity practices and have access to resources on improving their cyber posture. On Wednesday, the HHS issued voluntary health care-specific cybersecurity performance goals to help with prioritizing and implementing the best cybersecurity practices, […]

NUTS Technologies announced that it has secured an “Awardable” status from the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace for its Insider Threat Defense solution. ITD is a solution that helps government users mitigate insider threats even from privileged IT administrators. According to NUTS, ITD enforces need-to-know protocols on classified and top secret […]

The main objective of the annual President’s Cup competition is to highlight skilled members of the federal workforce, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official managing the challenge. Michael Harpin, the competition’s section chief at CISA, said the cybersecurity game provides recognition to talent who would not normally receive recognition due to the […]

The federal government is collaborating with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to protect the nation from cyberthreats. Researchers at the facility have been involved in better understanding zero trust to help protect critical infrastructure from cyber actors wanting to cause damage to the U.S. economy and national security. PNNL has turned to zero trust principles […]

A report by a White House council laid down ways to ensure a resilient cyber-physical critical infrastructure. On Thursday, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology approved recommendations that will enhance cyber-physical critical infrastructure’s resiliency. Among the recommendations made are creating a clear definition of minimum operating capabilities and delivery objectives, and the […]

Khoi Nguyen, the U.S. Cyber Command’s command acquisition executive and director of the cyber acquisition and technology directorate, J9, bared that his team is developing a 2024 roadmap to synchronize the organization’s operational capabilities into a single, integrated platform. The Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture comprises CYBERCOM’s cyber operations platforms, which are developed and maintained by […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the  FBI released new guidance to help water and wastewater systems operators and owners fend off cyberthreats. The guidance highlights four stages of cyberthreat incident response: preparation; detection and analysis; containment, eradication and recovery; and post-incident activities. For each stage, WWS sector organizations are […]

The Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding initiative focused on integrating cybersecurity measures into clean energy solutions. The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response is interested in several cybersecurity-related topic areas, including forensic analysis for renewable energy field devices, cyberthreat identification and mitigation for inverter-based resources, inter-organizational communications among energy […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued guidance alerting critical infrastructure operators on the cybersecurity threats from using Chinese-made unmanned aerial systems and suggesting ways to neutralize the risks.  Titled Cybersecurity Guidance: Chinese-Manufactured UAS, the CISA-FBI resource urges caution on using Chinese-made drones, noting that China has laws with expanded government […]