Collaborate Disseminate
Nation-state threats have spooked the industry into being more diligent. But a band-aid approach may not be enough.
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National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said he has worked with Fick many times over the years and believes he would excel.
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Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick will lead a review of DHS’s disinformation work and help Secretary Mayorkas determine how to continue.
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The Office of the National Cyber Director has hired several new staffers to strengthen its ability to fight significant hacks and coordinate how the U.S. responds to them.
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Lord cleaned up the Democratic Party’s cybersecurity practices in the aftermath of the 2016 hacks.
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Security experts questioned how long it took Okta to disclose the Lapsus$ breach and worried about a domino effect.
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A little more than a year removed from its role in advancing some of the most significant cybersecurity legislation ever enacted, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission is transforming into version 2.0 of itself. With some of its key recommendations now law — such as the creation of the Office of the National Cyber Director in the White House — the remnant of the congressionally created panel is turning its attention to tracking how those ideas are implemented, while studying some of the issues it didn’t get to fully examine before releasing its final report. Those areas of study include protecting the water, maritime transport and health care sectors, as well as strengthening the federal and private sector workforce and ensuring plans to avert disruptions to the economy caused by cyberattacks. Now housed within the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank, the commission’s 2.0 work should take another two years, […]
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U.S. cybersecurity companies are offering products and services for free to help cyberdefenders at home and abroad during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As of Monday, a crowdsourced list on GitHub listed more than a dozen experts, nonprofits and companies available for security assistance. Among the firms is GreyNoise, which announced Thursday it had upgraded all Ukrainian email accounts to include full enterprise access to its products. “In terms of our offer to support defenders in Ukraine, we’ve been in contact with dozens of different groups to help them get set up on our tools and leverage our data, as well as connect them with others in the InfoSec community doing the same,” Dan Maier, head of marketing at GreyNoise told CyberScoop in an email. The company is also offering the public free data on IP addresses that the firm has observed targeting Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia meet on Monday for […]
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Bob Kolasky, head of the National Risk Management Center at CISA, announced Tuesday that he is leaving the agency. Kolasky’s work with the NRMC since its formation in 2018 has put him in the middle of the federal effort to help critical infrastructure companies assess their cyber risk. He’s also been active in a lot of other agency business. He co-chairs the Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, leads CISA’s work on secure 5G network development, chairs the High-Level Risk Forum for the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and serves on the executive Committee for the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council. Kolasky hasn’t announced his plans after leaving the center, nor has CISA named a successor. During his 15 years of government service, CISA Director Jen Easterly said, “Bob worked tirelessly to expand collaboration across state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and the private […]
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