Cybersecurity

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has asked industry and other interested stakeholders to provide products that could help demonstrate security technologies for a project meant to facilitate...

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a memorandum to guide agencies how to advance the adoption of endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms to help facilitate the...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., have presented a bill that would use ransomware payment data to inform cybercrime response. The Ransom Disclosure Act would provide critical...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will impose a new “security directive” for railroad and aviation industries in an effort to strengthen cybersecurity strategies.  The...

Rob Joyce, cybersecurity director at the National Security Agency (NSA) and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said one of NSA’s near-term priorities is ensuring the security of defense weapons platforms...

Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said critical data provided by a threat intelligence firm enabled the Department of Defense to immediately...

Two lawmakers serving on the Senate Homeland Security Committee have introduced a bipartisan bill that would reform a law governing information technology system protection at federal agencies. Committee Chairman Gary...

The Department of Energy has published a document meant to help oil, natural gas and electric utility companies protect operational technology networks against cyber threats. DOE said Friday it worked...

Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana said the U.S. federal government is pursuing three approaches to improve the way it delivers services to citizens and one of those is operating...

Rob Joyce, cybersecurity director at the National Security Agency (NSA) and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said advanced persistent threat actors are using virtual private networks and other widely available...