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A survey by Deloitte has found that 86 percent of C-suite executives in the U.S. say that disruption caused by the pandemic resulted in an increase in cyberthreats within their organizations. Deloitte surveyed 577 C-suite officials worldwide, including 159 executives from U.S.-based companies, for the 2021 Future of Cyber report and found that 14 percent […] More
A CrowdStrike-built platform was selected by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for use in ensuring the security of civilian networks in support of an executive order prioritizing endpoint detection and response. CrowdStrike Falcon is one of the chosen endpoint security platforms that will support CISA’s efforts in defending critical infrastructure and advancing the next […] More
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a request for information detailing a need to secure the email traffic running through the government’s federal civilian executive branch domain enterprise. In a Nov. 23 sources sought notice posted on SAM.gov, CISA said it seeks a commercial cloud-based protective email service that could be accessed by […] More
The Department of Defense considers providing financial rewards and other incentives to encourage contractors to enhance their network defenses before the latest iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program comes to fruition, Federal News Network reported Friday. “Some of the things that we’re looking at is the potential of if a company can demonstrate […] More
A new Enterprise Strategy Group survey has found that 80 percent of information technology and cybersecurity professionals said their organizations intend to raise spending on security hygiene and posture management efforts over the next 18 months. ESG surveyed 398 IT and cyber professionals from organizations in public and private sectors across North America and found […] More
A report by cyber risk assessment company Black Kite showed that the computer systems for 20 percent of the 100 largest defense companies in the U.S. are vulnerable to ransomware attacks. Forty-three percent of surveyed contractors still use outdated technology and 42 percent had at least one credential that has been compromised during a 90-day […] More
Telos has entered into a new agreement for marketing its cybersecurity offerings to U.S. government clients through contract vehicles held by Tech Data subsidiary DLT Solutions in addition to its channel ecosystem. Telos said Wednesday the distribution agreement expands the reach of its cyber, cloud and enterprise security technologies across the federal, state, local and […] More
The FBI has released an advisory warning U.S. companies of a group of Iranian hackers that looks for sensitive information stolen from U.S. and foreign entities in dark-web forums and other cybercriminal websites, CNN reported Thursday. The bureau said the hacking group could buy and use those stolen emails, network configurations and other sensitive data […] More
Robert Carey, president of Cloudera‘s government solutions business unit, and Carolyn Duby, field chief technology officer and cybersecurity lead, said the California-based company’s enterprise data cloud offering is meant to assist agencies in complying with President Joe Biden’s May 12 executive order to improve national cybersecurity. In a joint blog post published Tuesday, Carey and […] More
Companies such as AT&T, Microsoft and Mastercard are partnering with community colleges to offer cybersecurity training and education programs as part of efforts to diversify and further build up the cybersecurity workforce, Inside Higher Ed reported Thursday. AT&T teamed up with Northern Virginia Community College to introduce an information technology apprenticeship program to provide training […] More
Bruce Hart, senior director of cyber analytics at KBR’s defense and intelligence business unit, said it remains important for the Department of Defense to ensure the security of microelectronic devices used for the development of modern aircraft, missiles and other military systems. In an article KBR published Monday, Hart said microelectronics devices vulnerable to attacks […] More
T-Rex Solutions cybersecurity executives Allen Harper and Jyoti Wadhwa co-authored with 11 industry executives a white paper that seeks to guide organizations how to come up with a zero trust strategy in accordance with the White House’s cybersecurity executive order. The white paper calls for organizations to evaluate the maturity level of their zero trust […] More
