Cybersecurity

Gary Wang, chief technology officer at DMI, said implementing the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices and other internet of things devices highlights the need for collaboration between public and private sectors. More

Mitre Engenuity, a technology foundation under the not-for-profit organization Mitre, has published the results of emulated attacks by Russian cyber threat group Turla on 30 enterprise cybersecurity platforms. The latest edition of the ATT&CK Evaluations program sought to determine how Turla uses in-memory or kernel implants to evade detection and linger with a minimal footprint. More

CACI International has received recognition for its City Block critical infrastructure cybersecurity training tool. City Block provides military and government users with a virtual reality simulation environment where they can practice defending industrial control systems and operational technology from cyber threats. The tool is powered by the Unity platform, which is used by developers to […] More

CRDF Global and its consortium of industry partners have mobilized support from the private sector to help the Ukrainian government build up its cyber defense and infrastructure in the wake of the Russian invasion. The Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative has donated 1,600 cyber defense tools and provided over 800 training courses to help protect Ukraine’s […] More

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will host proposers’ days on Oct. 5 and 6 for the Securing our Underlying Resources in Cyber Environments program. The SoURCE CODE program seeks technologies that will help forensic experts accelerate the process of attributing a cyber attack to its perpetrators by checking coding styles, according to a notice […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp., Xage Security and Blue Ridge Networks evaluated their security devices against emulated threat scenarios as part of the inaugural cohort of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The CECA program seeks to assess and demonstrate in cohorts emerging cyber technologies against prioritized threats in a […] More

Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said organizations looking to implement the latest version of the Transport Layer Security protocol, dubbed TLS 1.3, to improve encryption security should conduct a comprehensive reassessment of the entire security and traffic monitoring infrastructure. Implementing TLS 1.3 “requires a carefully planned transition that maintains both data transfer security and visibility […] More

Mitre has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop an extension of the nonprofit research organization’s automated adversary emulation platform to help industrial control system operators defend operational technology against cyber threats. The partnership offers an initial set of open source modules to the Caldera for OT platform through the Github code […] More

Four Inc. will market Chainalysis‘ Blockchain Data platform using its government contracts and reseller partners to help public sector customers securely handle blockchain transactions. The Chainalysis platform is designed to assist agencies in monitoring, analysis and investigation of blockchain deals to curb illicit activities amid the increasing use of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, Four said […] More

Google has signed an agreement to provide George Mason University students access to select cybersecurity and artificial intelligence training and certification programs on the company’s cloud platform. Christian Michael, public sector training lead at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the partnership aims to help fill talent gaps in the cybersecurity industry, […] More