Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, has assured commercial firms that it is safe to inform his organization about cyber intrusions. He told attendees of a Mandiant event in Washington, D.C., that public-private partnerships are vital to the government’s threat response. Wray referenced information-sharing efforts with Mandiant after the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which […]
The Department of Homeland Security has released a report from the Cyber Incident Reporting Council recommending that incidents impacting national and economic security and safety be reported within a shorter timeline than the 72-hour deadline under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act. In a report submitted to Congress under CIRCIA, the council also […]
QuSecure said its post-quantum cryptography products are now available on the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule. According to QuSecure, its products can provide government users quantum-resistant protection through PQC algorithms and seamless integration into existing government IT infrastructure. The company added that its solutions adhere to government security standards and certifications, including those recognized […]
The Department of Defense’s deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy said creating an independent cyber military service poses administrative challenges because of the different functions military branches perform. Speaking at a Defense Writers Group event, Mieke Eoyang shared that the military branches’ missions are enabled by technologies designed to meet specific requirements. This means that […]
Gen. David Allvin, the White House nominee to serve as the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, has pledged to advance cyber force readiness efforts if he is confirmed. Allvin, the current Air Force vice chief of staff, wrote to lawmakers ahead of his confirmation hearing that the service would continuously undertake enterprise-wide reviews to […]
The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical has awarded Rebellion Defense a Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research contract to provide continuous automated penetration testing capabilities through Nova, an adversary emulation solution. Nova is meant to reproduce state-backed adversary tactics, techniques and procedures. According to Rebellion, it facilitates automated penetration testing and […]
The Department of Homeland Security has warned critical infrastructure operators against actors using artificial intelligence to disrupt operations. According to the annual Homeland Threat Assessment report, state-backed hackers are using AI to infiltrate services and influence the United States’ election process and to develop faster, more efficient and more evasive malware for large-scale attacks. The […]
The Department of Defense has awarded Forescout Technologies a new contract for the fourth stage of the Comply-to-Connect cybersecurity program. Forescout noted that the C2C program’s first three phases, for which it had also won contracts, are well underway in providing visibility, compliance assessment and automated remediation. According to Forescout, the new contract involves configuring […]
The U.S. Army has awarded Leidos company Dynetics a $124.7 million contract to support Survivability and Resiliency Exercises, where the capability of soldiers and critical weapon systems to operate amid cyber electromagnetic activities is assessed and tested. Jonathan Pettus, senior vice president and operations manager for aerospace, defense and civil operations at Dynetics, said the […]
The National Security Agency and its federal agency partners have released a joint cybersecurity information sheet on how deepfake technology could present cybersecurity risks for the Department of Defense, defense industrial base organizations and national security systems. According to NSA applied research mathematician Candice Rockell Gerstner, cyber actors use deepfake to manipulate authentic media easily, […]
