The Department of Energy has unveiled a potential $70 million research and development program to build up the resilience of energy infrastructure and reduce risks from cyberthreats, physical threats and extreme weather. The All-Hazards Energy Resilience funding opportunity could provide up to 25 R&D projects worth from $500,000 to $5 million each, the Energy Department […]
SandboxAQ and Carahsoft Technology have entered into a partnership to make SandboxAQ’s cybersecurity solutions available across the government. Under the partnership, Carahsoft will offer SandboxAQ’s Security Suite cryptography management platform through its contracts and reseller networks. The Security Suite gives users full visibility, monitoring and control of cryptography solutions; automatic cryptography analysis and reporting; policy […]
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has taken command of the Cyber National Mission Force, replacing U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman. U.S. Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Cyber Command head, acknowledged during the change of command ceremony Mahlock’s previous cybersecurity experience in the National Security Agency as a further boost to […]
The FBI is stationing more agents in U.S. embassies worldwide to fight international cybercrime. Six new cyber assistant legal attache posts will open in cities such as Brasilia and New Delhi, increasing the total number of embassy-deployed cyber agents to 22, CyberScoop reported Wednesday. The bureau has operated a legal attaché program since the early […]
InfoSec Global Federal announced that its AgileSec Analytics product has been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program‘s Approved Product List. AgileSec Analytics is a toolkit that allows federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity and cryptographic capabilities. It gives users enhanced cryptographic visibility, cryptographic vulnerability identification and management, federal […]
More federal agencies could benefit from Synack’s premier security testing solution after it secured a significant milestone. Synack announced on Wednesday that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has awarded its security testing platform a Moderate “Authorized” designation. The achievement came after the solution enforced 325 security controls and passed a third-party assessment of […]
U.S. officials have warned in light of recent cyberattacks that malicious nation-state actors could compromise more domestic water infrastructure, potentially affecting supply. In late November, Iranian hackers targeted the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania, shutting down a remotely controlled water pressure regulation device housing Israeli-made components, The Associated Press reported. Advocates say the […]
Nine new trades are available under the Department of Defense United Services Military Apprenticeship Program to help address the U.S. military’s workforce needs. Among the nine are cyber defense analyst, cyber digital forensics analyst and cyber intelligence planner. The new trades add to the 15 cybersecurity occupations introduced under USMAP in 2022. DOD officials said […]
Defense industrial base companies could spend roughly $4 billion over 20 years to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program, according to new Pentagon estimates. A proposed rule published in the Federal Register Tuesday would oblige contractors and subcontractors handling federal contract information and controlled unclassified information to adopt certain cybersecurity standards depending on […]
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command needs to find a way to adopt a zero trust architecture that can work for the U.S. military and its allies and partner nations, a feat the combatant command’s deputy chief information officer said is fraught with challenges. Speaking at the AFCEA TechNet Asia-Pacific conference in Hawaii, Paul Nicholson said INDOPACOM […]
