Cybersecurity

The Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommends the State Department to appoint an assistant secretary of state responsible for leading efforts related to emerging capabilities and cybersecurity, Fifth Domain reported Wednesday.

Aaron Weis, the U.S. Navy’s chief information officer and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service’s networks are “holding us back” and exacerbating information leaks through the defense industrial base and direct exfiltration, C4ISRnet reported Tuesday.

Ty Schieber, senior director of executive education at the University of Virginia Darden School Foundation and accreditation body board chairman for the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, will speak on the “Implementing CMMC” panel at Potomac Officers Club’s CMMC Forum 2020 on Thursday, April 2nd. Register here for POC’s CMMC Forum 2020.

A senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said CISA did not receive reports of any malicious cyber activity seeking to disrupt the 2020 presidential primary elections in 14 states, The Hill reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Navy plans to implement a command-and-control system framework to further develop the service’s governance of its network architecture and improve visibility in cyberspace operations, C4ISRnet reported Monday.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. and three-time Wash100 Award winner, tackled the Department of Defense's malware security issues and value of disclosure programs in a letter to Dana Deasy, DoD's chief information officer and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.

The Government Accountability Office has found that most organizations voluntarily agreed to adopt the National Institute of Standards and Technology's cybersecurity framework but their overseeing agencies are yet to develop ways to ensure NIST compliance.

Gen. Stephen Lyons, who leads U.S. Transportation Command, said his group faces critical vulnerabilities in cybersecurity and has taken policy measures to address the issue, Fifth Domain reported Tuesday. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee the same day that cyber-related vulnerabilities pose the most consequences to mobility.

The Department of Energy plans to expand three of its cybersecurity education initiatives and train up to 2,000 technical and nontechnical personnel in the energy sector, Fifth Domain reported Monday.

Forcepoint has launched the Forcepoint Advantage enterprise licensing program to provide cost-effective, flexible and all-inclusive security subscription services for enterprises, enabling dynamic growth and funding digital transformations, the company announced on Monday.