The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has listed some actions it requires CSPs, or cloud service providers, to perform in response to an emergency directive released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
MoreThe Government Accountability Office found that 20 federal agencies failed to meet the standards for cybersecurity incident response preparedness due to staff shortage, IT challenges and limitations in information sharing. A GAO
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The Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are collaborating for a campaign to strengthen the resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure. The Shields Ready
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Ignatius “Buck” Liberto, director of cybersecurity risk management and compliance at the office of the chief information officer at the Department of Energy, discussed how DOE has shifted from a perimeter security
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security has begun its search for a chief information security officer that will help establish and maintain a data security and
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The Department of Homeland Security is creating a new board that will assemble after major cyber incidents to review and respond to such events, CyberScoop reported Wednesday. DHS is establishing the Cyber
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Federal agencies realized the importance of government-industry collaboration while responding to the cyberattacks on SolarWinds’ network monitoring software and Microsoft’s Exchange email service, according to a Government Accountability Office report. GAO found
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget has released fiscal year 2021-2022 guidance to help agencies comply with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 and the recent cybersecurity
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a document outlining procedures on how civilian agencies should respond to information system incidents and vulnerabilities. CISA said Tuesday it incorporated the private
MoreThe FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued an advisory outlining mitigation measures that organizations in public and private sectors can implement to reduce the risk of ransomware
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