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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released Special Publication 800-216, a framework for setting policies relating to system vulnerability disclosure, assessment and management. Titled “Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines,” the document is also meant to address how information about security weaknesses in government information systems is received and disseminated to other agencies […]

The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors will accept additional cyber efforts from the start of the fiscal year 2024. PEO IEW&S will absorb defensive cyber operations, cyber analytics and detection, cyber platforms and systems and the technology applications office. The aforementioned efforts are currently associated with the PEO Enterprise […]

Cybersecurity authorities from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn information technology professionals and organization managers on the primary tactics, techniques and procedures of China-based state-sponsored cyber actor Volt Typhoon that are typically focused on espionage and information gathering. The authorities have recently discovered a cluster of activities of […]

Burlington, Massachusetts-based software company N-able is partnering with the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to help managed service providers and their customers protect themselves from cyber threats through information and resource sharing. Under the partnership, N-able will have access to expertise from the JCDC and its members who gather, analyze and share cyberthreat information with MSPs […]

The Office of the National Cyber Director seeks to address a shortage in the cyber workforce through the development of a cyber workforce strategy that seeks to remedy the lack of adequate cyber education and training in underserved and other communities nationwide by establishing better communication among agencies in terms of challenges in recruitment, training […]

An official from the Department of Defense’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response told lawmakers that the department’s threat-sharing pilot program has shown progress and that more resources should be allocated to scale the program. Speaking at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, Cybersecurity Office Director Puesh Kumar said the Energy Threat […]

Department of Defense Senior Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity David McKeown, a 2023 Wash100 winner, said on Thursday during the GovExec Cyber Summit 2023 event that the department is working on contract modifications that would increase the cybersecurity responsibilities of commercial vendors, including cloud service providers, to bolster the department’s […]

The U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force will broaden its partnerships to enhance cybersecurity information sharing. CYBERCOM has two initiatives to help the CNMF work with its private sector and international partners. The first initiative, dubbed “under advisement,” will allow CNMF members to share threat indicators in unclassified spaces and chat rooms. The second […]

Defense experts attending the U.S. Army’s Land Forces Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Hawaii from May 16 to 18 stressed the need for stronger cooperation among like-minded countries for maximum protection against cyberattacks and information warfare. Army Cyber Command chief Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett said on Wednesday that cyber, information warfare and big data will […]

Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the U.S. Cyber Command, has issued a three-pronged plan to “own the domain” of cyberspace. He identified three priorities to enable his organization to achieve that goal amid rival competition and the threat of misinformation and artificial intelligence development. According to Nakasone, a 2023 Wash100 winner, CYBERCOM’s first challenge […]