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Cal Biesecker | December 17 2020 8:59 pm

Biden Says Cyber Security Will Be A Top Priority; Requires Investments, Deterrence

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said that cyber security will be a top priority for his administration, including an investigation ...
Cal Biesecker | December 17 2020 7:02 pm

FBI, CISA, ODNI Coordinating Whole-Of-Government Response To Cyber Hack

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have formed ...
Cal Biesecker | December 14 2020 9:46 pm

ManTech Acquires Small Company To Bolster Cyber Defense Capabilities

ManTech International [MANT] on Monday said it has acquired Tapestry Technologies, a small Pennsylvania-based company that gives it ...
Cal Biesecker | December 11 2020 7:44 pm

Peters, Portman Introduce Bill To Improve Federal Sharing Of Cyber Threat Information

Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) last Thursday introduced legislation requiring federal agencies to share information ...
Cal Biesecker | December 9 2020 5:43 pm

Schiff Wants Intelligence Community Briefing On FireEye Hack

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Tuesday evening said he has requested a briefing by U.S. intelligence ...
Cal Biesecker | December 4 2020 8:42 pm

Final Defense Bill Establishes National Cyber Director

The final proposed defense authorization bill would establish a National Cyber Director (NCD) within the Executive Office of the President, ...
Cal Biesecker | November 13 2020 10:16 pm

Panel Advises DHS Procurement To Focus On Securing Unclassified ICT Supply Chain

The Department of Homeland Security should create "stringent guidelines" for securing its information and communications ...
Cal Biesecker | November 12 2020 4:52 pm

ManTech Acquires Minerva, Bolstering Cyber Work For Intelligence Community

ManTech International [MANT] on Thursday said it has acquired Minerva Engineering, a company that provides various cyber services to the ...
Cal Biesecker | November 10 2020 2:49 pm

Contract Awards

DHS Awards University Consortium $2M to Bolster Cyber Workforce The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, in ...
Cal Biesecker | November 6 2020 10:24 pm

CISA Report Says COVID Stressing ICT Global Supply Chains

The ongoing pandemic has created stress points for the global supply chain for information and communications technology (ICT), in part ...
Cal Biesecker | November 4 2020 7:53 pm

CISA Credits State And Local Officials, Federal Partners For Smooth Election Process So Far

Lessons learned and adopted by state and local election officials over the past four years combined with strong coordination between all ...
Cal Biesecker | November 3 2020 8:57 pm

Cyber Command's Hunt Forward Teams Bolster Election Security, CISA Officials Say

U.S. military cyber operators scoping out cyber threat actors on overseas networks have proven helpful in protecting U.S. election systems ...
Cal Biesecker | October 26 2020 9:10 pm

Raytheon Technologies Selling Forcepoint Cyber Business To Investment Firm

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] on Monday said it has agreed to sell its commercial cyber security business Forcepoint to the investment firm ...
Cal Biesecker | October 21 2020 8:12 pm

Bipartisan Bill Introduced In Senate To Authorize National Guard's Role In State, Local Cyber Security

Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday introduced legislation making clear that state governors are ...
Cal Biesecker | October 19 2020 9:02 pm

Cyber Commission Proposes National Strategy To Strengthen ICT Supply Chain

To bolster trust in key technologies, reduce dependencies on China and other foreign adversaries, and strengthen the domestic industrial ...
Cal Biesecker | October 2 2020 7:48 pm

House Passes Bill Creating Cyber Security Grant Program For State And Local Governments

The House last Wednesday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would create a new grant program within the Department of Homeland ...
Cal Biesecker | October 1 2020 4:50 pm

Intelligence Community Issues New Guidance To Reduce Supply Chain Risks

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) on Thursday issued new guidance for government and industry for supply chain ...
Cal Biesecker | September 30 2020 9:03 pm

CISA Needs To Improve Quality Of Cyber Threat Information Being Shared, Hire More Staff, IG Says

The Department of Homeland Security has made progress in its cyber threat information sharing requirements set forth by law but it needs to ...

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