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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson hosted a conference call on Monday with members of the National Association of Secretaries of State, along with other election officials, to discuss cybersecurity in election systems infrastructure.
Officials within the Department of Homeland... Read More »
A research team led by Purdue University professors Dongyan Xu and Xiangyu Zhang detailed the findings of their RetroScope technology during the USENIX Security Symposium over the weekend.
RetroScope, developed in the last nine months, builds upon the research team’s earlier work in smart... Read More »
In order to stem massive data breaches and strengthen cyber security, U.S. policymakers should reform laws to help make it easier for researchers to identify and address software bugs, according to a recent report from New America’s Open Technology Institute.
The report, “Bugs in the... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) called for action by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity efforts against foreign actors who attempt to exploit cyber vulnerabilities in the nation’s voting systems.
“The Department of Homeland... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) called for action on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in voting machines and other information technology used in election systems across the U.S.
“Election security is critical and a cyberattack... Read More »
A Pittsburgh-based team of cyber researchers achieved the top spot at the Defense Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), the world’s first all-hacking tournament, on Thursday.
The CGC is the first fully-automated computer security challenge, with teams coming from... Read More »
According to a new survey by the SANS Institute set to be released on Aug. 11, exploits against endpoints are on the rise and the damage associated with such compromises are growing at a fast rate.
"The perfect storm is upon us,” Lee Neely, mentor and instructor at the SANS Institute, said.... Read More »
Deep Red, Raytheon Company’s team of cyber experts, is one of the featured teams competing in the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Cyber Grand Challenge finals during the DEF CON conference this week.
DARPA began the Cyber Grand Challenge as a computer security tournament... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced on Thursday that Virginia Tech will receive $19,420,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help increase cyber workforce development and encourage scientific partnerships to deliver innovation in the field.
“Investment in... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the world’s first all-machine hacking tournament this week.
The Cyber Grand Challenge marks the culmination of an ambitious three-year effort to develop advanced, autonomous systems that can detect, evaluate and patch software... Read More »
Raytheon Company officially opened its newest cyber campus facility on Monday in Augusta, Georgia to deliver a wide range of cybersecurity capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Cyber Command as it continues its transition to Fort Gordon.
"Our DoD customers have come to... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) highlighted a critical update on Thursday from the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) release of updated revisions to Circular A-130, which sets the official policy for OMB and guides information technology management and cybersecurity for... Read More »
Deloitte Cyber Risk Services on Thursday expanded its vigilant managed services through a partnership with ThreatConnect to integrate their threat intelligence platform (TIP) into Deloitte Advisory’s threat intelligence and analytics services.
TIP works by centralizing known indicators of... Read More »
The National Security Agency (NSA) certified Raytheon Company’s KG-350 Ethernet encryption system on Tuesday to protect network communications for sensitive information up to top secret/SCI classification.
Type 1 certification gives Raytheon the authorization to immediately sell the KG-350... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) applauded President Barack Obama this week for signing Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 41, entitled “United States Cyber Incident Coordination.”
The directive complements the Cybersecurity National Action Plan, which was introduced earlier this year to build... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy, chaired a hearing on the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act, S. 3018, and to examine protections designed to guard against energy disruptions last week.
“In the United States, we too often we... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), will hold its open-to-the-public DEF CON cyber defense competition next month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
DEF CON is one of the world’s largest and most venerable annual hacker... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) urged the Senate on Tuesday to move forward with his legislation that seeks to protect critical U.S.-based energy infrastructure from a potential catastrophic cyber-attack.
King urged his colleagues to take action on the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act of 2016 in... Read More »
The European Commission launched a privacy shield for the United States and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday to strengthen protection for transatlantic data flows.
The framework of the project protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United... Read More »
Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) recently chaired a full committee hearing on the threat of cyber attacks on small businesses in the U.S.
“According to a recent study, over 70 percent of cyber attacks occur in businesses with fewer than 100 employees,” Chabot said at... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday to work with Congress to strengthen efforts to protect children’s personal information on internet-connected “smart toys” that collect and store data on minors and their parents.
Warner sent a letter to FTC... Read More »
A coalition of New Jersey lawmakers from both houses of Congress called for additional resources on Wednesday to address the security needs of New Jersey communities.
The coalition included U.S. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Melendez (D-NJ), along with U.S. Reps. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ),... Read More »
The European Commission launched a new public-private partnership on cybersecurity on Tuesday that is expected to trigger $1.9 billion of investment by 2020.
The partnership is part of a series of a new initiatives to better equip Europe against cyber attacks and to strengthen the... Read More »
The House Homeland Security Committee released a report on Wednesday regarding encrypted communications in the wake of the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and Paris.
The report, titled “Going Dark Going Forward: A Primer on the Encryption Debate,” is the first congressional in-depth... Read More »
With the goal of improving U.S. threat preparedness, U.S. Rep. Daniel Donovan (R-NY), who serves on the House Homeland Security Committee, recently introduced legislation to help fight potential terror attacks in urban areas and in cyberspace.
Donovan recently introduced the Terrorist Asset... Read More »
The Beijing China Power Information Technology Company Limited (China Power), a subsidiary to the State Grid Corporation of China, signed a strategic agreement on Wednesday with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
The agreement stipulates that the two organizations... Read More »
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers on Wednesday provided an update on the progress made by the encryption working group.
The coalition included U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and John Conyers (D-MI).
“We continue to meet with a variety of... Read More »
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday to protect critical energy infrastructure from potentially catastrophic cyber attacks.
The Securing Energy Infrastructure Act of 2016 was co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID), Angus King (I-ME), Martin Heinrich (D-NM)... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two cybersecurity bills on Tuesday that were authored by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX).
“Over the last several years we’ve witnessed evolving cybersecurity threats from nation-states such as China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, and from criminal... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) questioned cybersecurity experts on Friday during a hearing conducted by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies.
The hearing, titled “Oversight of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015,” saw private sector industry... Read More »
The Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) launched a new initiative on Thursday with Huntsville City Schools in Alabama to provide strategic support to the school system’s Cyber Academy.
The initiative is part of a three-year, $300,000 commitment, with SAIC providing cyber... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) expanded his ongoing investigation on Wednesday into steps federal agencies are taking to better protect banks around the world against cybersecurity threats after multiple attacks against the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system.... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced the Small Business Cyber Security Improvement Act of 2016 on Tuesday to enable the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) to work with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assist... Read More »
Northrop Grumman Corp. entered into a collaboration on Monday with NEC Corp. to deliver the Japan-Cyber Operations Research, Training and Experimentation (J-CORTEX) system.
The system is a private, cloud-based cyber range that quickly and effectively emulates customer environments for the... Read More »
The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) released a study on Tuesday with findings that more than half of United Kingdom office workers say their employers have provided no cyber awareness training.
The study, entitled “2016 Cyber Security Perceptions,” surveyed more... Read More »
