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Cybersecurity Month
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This is the 17th year of Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Kevin Harris, cybersecurity program director at American Military University, says a lot has changed since those early days.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency moved its cloud based internet isolation program into production after testing it out for the last year under a $199 million Other Transaction Agreement.
David Waltermire, the technical lead for OSCAL at NIST, and Milica Green, a compliance subject matter expert with Telos Corporation, say the development and implementation of the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) will reduce the time, cost and challenges of FedRAMP certifications.
Cynthia Mendoza, the intelligence community’s chief architect, said the reference architecture framework is defining consistent, repeatable approaches to ensure security and interoperability among enterprise IT capabilities.
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CYBERCOM considers options for future force generation model
CYBERCOM also has ‘enhanced budget control’ over cyber forces thanks to the fiscal 2024 appropriations bill, as officials craft plans for ‘CYBERCOM 2.0.’
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NASA, Labor receive extra funding for IT modernization
The Technology Modernization Fund handed out more than $47 million to NASA and the Labor Department for cybersecurity and application modernization projects.
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Leveraging lessons from the Okta breach to enhance federal cybersecurity
The Okta breach provides an opportunity for federal agencies to reassess and strengthen their cybersecurity posture.
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Facing cyber attacks, critical infrastructure gets new reporting requirements
A newly proposed rule by CISA, tasks those operating in critical infrastructure sectors to report cyber incidents within 72 hours.
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Oregon Senator fed up with data breaches, blasts Big Tech, demands mandatory standards
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore) cites a Cyber Safety Review Board report that blames Microsoft’s inadequate cybersecurity culture.
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Leading university offers way to keep up with cybersecurity policy
Contractors and federal managers agree: It is difficult to keep up with all of the cybersecurity rules and regulations.
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Why the principal cyber advisor ended up being a good thing
Chris Cleary, the former principal cyber advisor for the Navy, left in November after three years in the role and helped establish the value of his office.
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The original CMMC program was missing one key component — Here’s how the newly proposed rule should fix that
The proposed CMMC changes show the industry that the DoD is taking security, and this shared burden, seriously.
