NIST issues draft election security framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a draft framework that takes NIST's pre-existing cybersecurity best practices and applies them to the voting equipment and information systems supporting elections.
Recent attacks may drive government’s zero trust adoption
Current defenses that rely solely on perimeter protection cannot defend agency networks once they’ve been compromised.
Senators ask if Einstein, CDM can combat advanced attacks
Congress may take a hard look at the $6 billion Einstein program when it comes up for re-authorization in December 2022.
Assessing supply chain risk depends on good data, visibility, experts say
Agencies trying to assess the security of industry supply chains may have a tough time getting the information they need because of organizations’ inability to identify or measure their cybersecurity postures.
‘We must raise our game’ to counter sophisticated adversaries, CISA warns
While no federal agencies have yet been compromised by the vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Exchange, securing federal systems will be a long journey, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials said.
Hafnium hack poses extended threat
IT teams have a long road ahead of them as they work to find and root out all vestiges of the Hafnium hack in their Microsoft Exchange systems.
NIST charting federal vulnerability disclosure policy
To design a software vulnerability program for the federal government, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is reviewing work done by the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.
CISA orders agencies unplug, update on-prem Exchange servers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive requiring civilian agencies update or disconnect on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.
At least 1,000 engineers worked on supply chain hack, tech exec says
Microsoft President Brad Smith told a Senate committee that his engineers had never seen an attack with the size and sophistication of the one that hit SolarWinds.
SolarWinds attack could have happened to anyone, CEO says
At a Feb. 22 virtual event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies., Sudhakar Ramakrishna said "this is not a one-company issue."
COVID fueled 2020 cyberattacks
Over the last year, cyber criminals tried to acquire information related to the virus and possible vaccines or extort the health care industry, according to a new report said.
CISA looks inward to stop future supply chain attacks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is exploring ways to better monitor internal systems’ communications for suspicious signals.
White House plans executive action in response to massive breach
In the wake of a wide-ranging hack involving SolarWinds IT management software and other commercial products, the White House is planning executive action to address cybersecurity gaps.
Warner wants answers on Florida water utility hack
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants more information from the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency about the recent cybersecurity breach at a Florida water utility.
Expect more nation-state cyberattacks, Krebs says
Attacks from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea will likely continue “until the leadership has decided that it cannot tolerate further behavior," former CISA Director Chris Krebs told the House Homeland Security Committee.
NIST posts enhanced requirements for protecting CUI
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published requirements that can help organizations protect controlled unclassified information against nation-state backed threats.
In search of a smarter Einstein
If the Einstein intrusion detection system was unlikely to have detected the malware that was delivered via the SolarWinds Orion update, how can it be fixed?
Trump’s last-day order clamps down on foreign access to US-based IaaS
The Jan. 19 order forces cloud providers to capture more complete records about foreign customers who lease cloud infrastructure and potentially resell it to cyber attackers.
FireEye hedges on naming Russians as SolarWinds attackers
The company has not seen enough evidence to positively trace the hackers behind the ongoing SolarWinds Orion hack to Russian entities, a FireEye executive said.
Expect more SolarWinds victims, national security official says
The number of federal agencies hit by the SolarWinds Orion breach will likely surpass last week’s White House’s tally of 10 affected agencies, according to William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
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