The Senate voted 74-21 Tuesday in favor of legislation to encourage sharing of cyber attack information between companies and federal civilian agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. John McKinnon writes the Cybersecurity
MoreThe National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comments on the agency’s draft guidance for financial services companies to track, manage and secure their information technology software and hardware systems. NIST’s IT Asset
MoreGreg Godbout, chief technology officer at the Environmental Protection Agency, has said the use of algorithmic software platforms in the Internet of Things age may prompt the U.S. government to regulate mathematical
MoreThe White House has released a proposal that seeks to update the federal governmentâs information management principles, Nextgov reported Friday. Aliya Sternstein writes the proposalâs draft minimum requirements aim to prevent abuse
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance the development and deployment of cyber defense tools to military personnel, C4ISR & Networks reported Friday. âWe’re
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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules for higher-frequency wireless broadband services in support of efforts to establish a regulatory environment for mobile technologies that operate in frequencies above 24 gigahertz. FCC said
MoreThe Obama administration has endorsed the approval of a bill that would allow private companies to exchange cyber threat information with federal agencies, The Hill newspaper reported Thursday. Cory Bennett writes the White House praised Sens.
MoreA U.S. Air Force official has said the service branch has initiated efforts to develop a mathematical algorithm that aims to predict cyber operations, Defense Systems reported Thursday. Maj. Gen. VeraLinn âDashâ
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The U.S. Navy has started to update the Cyber Workforce Management Manual as part of its efforts to protect its data infrastructures and navigation and weapons systems from cyber threats, the service
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A Department of Homeland Security official has cited bureaucracy as one of the reasons why federal agencies are behind in the adoption of platforms that seek to detect and monitor insider threats in their data
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