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The Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has warned maritime stakeholders of the cyber risks posed by a logistics management platform backed by the Chinese government to maritime port equipment and networks. According to a new maritime security advisory, the National Public Information Platform for Transportation and Logistics platform, subsidized and promoted by China’s Ministry of […]

Members of the Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group and Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Battalion tested their digital defense skills at the Cyber Flag 23-2 exercise. The event, held in early August at an undisclosed location, was designed to enhance the U.S. Marines’ cyber warfare capabilities and follows the Cyber Flag 23-1 CF23-1 multinational tactical exercise […]

Carahsoft Technology will distribute Axonius Federal Systems’ cybersecurity asset management platform to the public sector through reseller partners and contract vehicles such as NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2. Tom Kennedy, vice president of Axonius’ federal wing, said agencies can use the platform to obtain an accurate […]

General Dynamics Information Technology partnered with the U.S. Army I Corps and cybersecurity platform provider Fornetix to demonstrate a zero trust at the edge capability during the Talisman Sabre 2023 exercise. During the demonstration, GDIT and its partners used the capability to support denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited operations. The companies integrated a fully accredited […]

Fairfax, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm WidePoint Corporation will provide its identity and access management solution to an unnamed agency of the Department of Transportation under a three-year, $1.7 million contract. The contract will also include full operations and maintenance services related to WidePoint’s quantum-resistant identity management solution. Certificates and support services that the DOT agency needs […]

The U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence is halfway through a four-month study to test its cyber solutions and review associated funding. David May, a senior intelligence adviser at the Cyber Center, said during the TechNet Augusta conference that the study is looking at the Army’s cyber forces and the associated funding that falls under […]

Lawmakers are urging the Federal Trade Commission to probe YouTube and parent company Google for potentially violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires parents to consent before companies can gather data on users below 13 years old. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Ed Markey sent a letter to the agency on Thursday after an […]

Representatives of the U.S. Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade shared their capabilities during Cyber Summit 2023, which was held in Wiesbaden, Germany, from July 24 to 27. The USAR-CPB delegation contributed insights during the summit’s discussions and breakout sessions on tactical cyber topics, such as artificial intelligence hunting, intel-based threat hunting and effective incident response […]

The BIRD Foundation, which was established by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Israel National Cyber Directorate, announced on Thursday the approval of four projects under the foundation’s BIRD Cyber Program. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate, INCD and the BIRD Foundation’s Board of Governors screened the projects, with the approved proposals receiving […]

McLean, Virginia-based digital solutions provider Steampunk has secured the Department of Homeland Security’s potential five-year, $174 million U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Security Assurance Support Services II contract. Under the ICE SASS II contract, Steampunk will deliver Information System Security Officer support to over 115 systems, technical staffing for automation and risk management framework integration […]