CISA pushes guide for high-value targets to secure mobile devices

The guide comes as the government continues to deal with the fallout of the Salt Typhoon hack.

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CISA delivers new directive to agencies on securing cloud environments

The cyber agency’s SCuBA guidelines were developed after pilots with 13 agencies and continue a post-SolarWinds cloud strategy.

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Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs

The guidance comes from the Office of the Director of National Cybersecurity and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

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CISA pitches updated cyber incident response plan as an ‘agile, actionable’ framework

The agency is seeking public comment on its much-anticipated draft update to 2016’s PPD-41.

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Senators, witnesses: $3B for ‘rip and replace’ a good start to preventing Salt Typhoon-style breaches

The annual defense spending bill contains money the FCC has sought to use to reimburse telecommunications carriers for removing Chinese equipment.

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Wyden legislation would mandate FCC cybersecurity rules for telecoms

It would go beyond the FCC’s own proposal to regulate telecommunications carriers under federal wiretapping law.

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U.S. government says Salt Typhoon is still in telecom networks

The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.

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Inside a new initiative to lend cybersecurity volunteers to organizations that need it most

The idea behind the initiative, details of which CyberScoop is first reporting, is that too much cyber expertise doing volunteer work is uncoordinated.

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Stronger cyber protections in health care targeted in new Senate bill

The bipartisan legislation from four senators is aimed at strengthening providers’ cyber defenses and protecting Americans’ health data.

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Rail and pipeline representatives push to dial back TSA’s cyber mandates

House Republicans during a Tuesday hearing were sympathetic to industry calls for shaving down cyber regulations.

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