PERSPECTIVE: Cyber Attack on Water Supply Is a Wake-up Call for State, Local Governments
Imagine the consequences should your entire supply-chain network be taken down. Keep Reading
Mariners Warned to Watch for Third-Party Impacts from SolarWinds Hack
A Marine Safety Information Bulletin issued this month cautions the maritime industry that even if they haven't used SolarWinds Orion they might still be hurt by the continued exploitation of the software. Keep Reading
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Update to the Vessel Cyber Risk Management Work Instruction
The Work Instruction was updated to include a compliance timeline for Non Safety Management System vessels that are subject to the Marine Transportation Safety Act of 2002. Keep Reading
CISA Releases Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Exploitation of Accellion File Transfer Appliance
Worldwide, actors have exploited the vulnerabilities to attack multiple federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government organizations as well as private industry organizations including those in the medical, legal, telecommunications, finance, and energy sectors. Keep Reading
Sonny Bhagowalia Named New CIO at Customs and Border Protection
In his time at CBP, Bhagowalia has stressed how important it is for industry and government to work together to achieve the homeland community's technology goals. Keep Reading
CISA Announces New Enhanced Cybersecurity Services Provider
This partnership enables Viasat to provide its customers with early warning against sophisticated cyber attacks and further improves CISA’s support to public and private sector partners. Keep Reading
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New Appointees Fill Top Leadership Roles at CISA
Nitin Natarajan has joined CISA as its Deputy Director, Eric Goldstein as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, and Dr. David Mussington as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security. Keep Reading
DHS Announces Seven R&D Awards to Help Secure Nation’s Mobile Network Infrastructure
Managed by S&T’s Mobile Security R&D Program, the project addresses CISA’s top priorities: securing the mobile supply chain as well as critical mobile network infrastructure, including the newly launched fifth generation (5G) mobile network. Keep Reading
Mayorkas Sets Out Steps to Elevate Cybersecurity
This week, Secretary Mayorkas will increase the required minimum spend on cybersecurity through FEMA grant awards. To accelerate critical improvements in state and local cybersecurity, CISA will urgently evaluate and implement additional capabilities including potential new grant programs that will enable critical security investments. Keep Reading
Local, State and Federal Prosecutors Launch Georgia Cyber Fraud Task Force
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has joined forces with Metro-Atlanta District Attorneys, the Office of the Attorney General, the FBI Atlanta Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, state, and local law enforcement to combat the criminal movement of cyber fraud proceeds through banks in the Atlanta area. Keep Reading
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Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Holds Winter Meeting to Discuss Path Forward on Election Security and Resilience
Council discussed lessons learned from the 2020 election and ways to improve coordination between the federal government and state and local election officials. Keep Reading
Cybersecurity Expert Melissa Hathaway Joins LookingGlass Advisory Board
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a leader in operationalizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment today of Melissa Hathaway to its Advisory Board. Hathaway brings extensive cyber policy and technical expertise to the Board. Keep Reading
ThreatLocker Opens European HQ in Ireland
ThreatLocker, a Maitland, Florida-based provider of enterprise-level tools for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), has announced that it will open a European headquarters in Ireland to deliver ThreatLocker’s Zero-trust, data storage and proprietary Ringfencing solutions to businesses through MSPs across the EMEA region. Keep Reading
France Invests €350 Million for Hospital Cybersecurity After Attacks Increase
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a plan to allocate one billion euros to strengthen cybersecurity in France, with €350 million to be dedicated to hospitals, the target of more and more attacks since last year. Keep Reading
Australian Defense Firms Losing Business Because of Cyber Attack Concerns
Forty percent of Australia’s small and medium businesses vying to win defense contracts are being rejected because of lax cybersecurity practices, prompting a new joint campaign to lift standards across the industry. Keep Reading
New York State Department of Financial Services Issues Cybersecurity Fraud Alert
The Alert describes a widespread cybercrime campaign to steal consumers’ nonpublic information (NPI) from public-facing websites that transmit or display redacted NPI. Keep Reading
NSW Police Open Digital Forensics Lab for Cybercrime Investigators
The New South Wales (NSW) Police Force in Australia has unveiled a digital forensics facility for Cybercrime Squad investigators. The purpose-built facility is the first of its kind in Australia and enables officers to securely conduct investigations into sophisticated technology-enabled crime. Keep Reading
Neuberger: Private-Sector Partnership ‘Core’ in Fixing Huge Hack, Building Better Defenses
Nine federal agencies and "about 100 private sector companies" were compromised from attack inside U.S. Keep Reading
Canada Announces Funding for Project to Help Stop Human Trafficking
The project kicked off on February 18 with a virtual hackathon. This two-day event is bringing together post-secondary students from across Atlantic Canada, as well as service providers, law enforcement and others, to explore innovative ways that technology can be used to raise awareness of human trafficking. Keep Reading
Computing Society Honors NSA Cybersecurity Expert
Dr. Josiah Dykstra, NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center Subject Matter Expert, has been recognized as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Keep Reading