President Joe Biden laid out a series of cybersecurity initiatives last week at his inauguration, including earmarking $10 billion for various cybersecurity defense initiatives. Those included hiring key security personnel to support for the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Keep Reading
President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S. government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. Keep Reading
The agenda will include updates on changes to the Industrial Security and Personnel Vetting policies and topics such as, How to Run an Effective Insider Threat Program, Controlled Unclassified Information, and more. Keep Reading
A 25+-year investor, executive, and entrepreneur in technology and a top influencer in national security and cybersecurity, Howe was most recently chief strategy officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations at RSA. Keep Reading
The Council will share transformational technologies, organizational skills, and defense best practices with the goal of improving overall security program effectiveness and efficiency. Keep Reading
The newly formed 16-member Cyber Investigations Advisory Board (CIAB) will provide the Secret Service’s Office of Investigations with outside strategic input for the agency’s investigative mission, including insights on the latest trends in cybercrime, financial crime, technology, and investigative techniques. Keep Reading
How do you secure existing legacy IT systems without the budgetary, labor or infrastructure resources required to upgrade? Keep Reading
Only 15% of cybersecurity startups launched in 2020 secured funding. However, three companies alone collected nearly 96% ($30.3 million) of the total amount of investments. Keep Reading
Even as cybersecurity-based risks and the costs of dealing with those risks are increasing, measuring cybersecurity remains an under-developed topic—one in which there is not even a standard taxonomy for terms such as “measurements” and “metrics.” Keep Reading
As the number of cybersecurity threats to our nation’s commercial and government organizations increase, there is a critical need to implement new and effective information sharing tools. Keep Reading
Wickr Inc., the secure collaboration platform, today announced the appointment of Blake Moore as Vice President of Strategy and Operations. Moore joins the company from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), where he most recently served as Chief of Staff for the Chief Information Officer (CIO). At Wickr, Moore will lead company strategy with a focus… Keep Reading
Nielsen will focus on how to manage risk in today’s quickly evolving world and how to increase resilience throughout our communities. In particular, she will focus on the state of America’s cyber preparedness. Keep Reading
Congress should pass a law to hold companies accountable for developing information technology products that don’t follow cybersecurity best practices, Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., said. Keep Reading
McAfee researchers found it is typical of COVID-19 campaigns to use pandemic-related subjects including testing, treatments, cures, and remote work topics to lure targets into clicking on a malicious link, download a file, or view a PDF. Keep Reading
Zoom users with older systems have been urged to download a security patch that could save their devices from being attacked by hackers. Keep Reading
Nolten discusses the significance of growing cybersecurity workforce gaps, what this means for America's secure future, and what Cyber.org is doing to bridge this gap. Keep Reading
Unfortunately, terrorists and other criminals evolve just as fast as technology, and they are often a step ahead of our government. Keep Reading
This wellspring of security spending was meant to help organizations create more resilient infrastructures, repel outside attacks and reduce the risks presented by data breaches and leaks. Keep Reading
Such attacks can cause substantial monetary losses. For individuals, the biggest monetary damages occur when hackers access accounts containing a lot of personal information, which can lead to identity theft. Keep Reading
Shockingly, 16% of Americans have even used a photo or video of someone to try to gain access to an account using facial recognition. This includes more than a quarter (26%) of Americans aged 25-44 and nearly 1 in 5 (18%) Americans aged 18-24. Keep Reading