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On September 20, 2018, the White House released a new cybersecurity strategy with several important changes in direction meant to give government agencies and law enforcement partners a greater ability to respond to cybercrime and nation-state att… Continue reading U.S. National Cyber Strategy: What You Need to Know
New updates to compliance requirements are as regular as the rising and setting of the sun. Recently, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released an update to NIST SP 800-171, now known as SP 800-171A. The purpose of this release… Continue reading Death, Taxes and Compliance Updates – An Update to NIST 800-171
Digital attackers have a history of targeting public sector organizations. For its 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon Enterprise tracked 22,788 security incidents that affected the public sector. Data disclosure occurred in 304 of t… Continue reading 5 Notable Security Incidents that Recently Affected Federal Entities
Anyone out there dealing with the DoD implementation of the NIST 800-37 RMF? Just in case, it’s the “Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems” developed by the Joint Task Force Transformation Ini… Continue reading My Experience with the DoD Version of the RMF
The White House announced a new national cybersecurity strategy Thursday in an effort raise federal network defenses and more aggressively deter foreign adversaries from threatening U.S. interests. “We’re going to do a lot of things offensively and I think our adversaries need to know that,” White House national security adviser John Bolton told reporters. Defensive measures are central to the document, but Bolton’s call with reporters emphasized offense. “We will identify, counter, disrupt, degrade, and deter behavior in cyberspace that is destabilizing and contrary to national interests, while preserving the United States’ overmatch in and through cyberspace,” Bolton said. The strategy is a template through which federal agencies can carry out their own cybersecurity mandates, according to Bolton. “I’m satisfied that this allows us the comprehensive look at strategy across the entire government,” he said. “Each agency knows its lane and is pursuing it vigorously. That’s true in the unclassified world; it’s […]
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Aaron Lancaster of BakerHostetler has a great privacy rewind for the week that includes action in Congress. He writes: House Committee Passes Federal Data Breach Notification Bill for Financial Institutions The House Financial Services Committee passed… Continue reading House Financial Services Committee passes R.6743
Over the past several months, increased attention has been paid to U.S. federal government policies surrounding internal use of IoT devices. In January 2018, researchers discovered they could track the movements of fitness tracker-wearing military pers… Continue reading U.S. Federal IoT Policy: What You Need to Know
A quarter of civilian federal agencies have adopted DMARC and SPF email authentication protocols for all their domains in compliance with a mandate. Thirty-four percent of 133 agencies are now fully compliant with what is known as BOD 18-01. Issued by … Continue reading A Quarter of Civilian Federal Agencies Have Adopted DMARC and SPF for All Domains
Danielle Brown reports: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to strengthen the cybersecurity of medical devices in the wake of computer-hacking threats, according to a report by the Star Tribune. According to the report, FDA staff members … Continue reading FDA aims to strengthen cybersecurity of medical devices
From EPIC.org: Starting next week, consumers will be able to “freeze” their credit reports at no cost. A credit freeze restricts public access to a consumer’s credit report, making it much more difficult for identity thieves to open f… Continue reading New Federal Law Makes Credit Freezes Free for All Consumers