The National Security Agency has issued cyber incident response assistance accreditation to seven companies under the National Security Cyber Assistance Program, the Defense Daily Network reported Wednesday. Following an assessment of 21 focus areas, such as incident analysis and network traffic data collection, the NSA accredited Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike Services, FireEye, Mandiant, Maddrix and Verizon. NSA’s information assurance directorate also evaluated the […] More

Steven Chabinsky, senior vice president and chief risk officer at security startup Crowdstrike, has called on companies to reassess their cybersecurity strategies and involve all departments in their mitigation and continuous monitoring efforts, Nextgov reported Monday. Chabinsky, formerly the top cyber official at the FBI, described vulnerabilities in items as cars and medical devices that […] More