America’s technology prowess is built on its people, but Washington is terminating many of the researchers and engineers driving U.S. progress in AI, quantum technology, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductors....
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is struggling. It faces a growing backlog to process data in its vulnerability repository, which publicly shares information assessing and detailing...
The Defense Department faces a startling capability gap.
New presidents bring new policies. But amid rapidly expanding cyber threats, steady leadership at the federal agencies charged with securing critical infrastructure is, well, critical. David Pekoske,...
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The next administration must do better on cyber than previous ones, two experts behind a new McCrary Institute and Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 report argue.
Putting data privacy first amounts to more than a technical upgrade; it will be nothing short of a strategic shift toward a more secure and resilient society.
The Biden administration is boasting about its planned $13 billion investment in cybersecurity for federal civilian agencies, but the White House’s plans neglect essential programs, including foundational research and standards setting...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) earlier this month approved the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling initiative for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This much-needed...
Following the SolarWinds compromise, the focus on the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has surged remarkably. In the tech ecosystem, the SBOM offers a comprehensive overview of software components...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is sounding an alarm, echoing through the corridors of global finance, on the imminent perils that quantum computing poses to the security of our most...
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology heard from administration officials and academic experts last week on the importance of reauthorizing the National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act to...
How do you stop a 21-year-old national guardsman like Jack Teixeira from leaking classified information? Wrong answers to this question have quickly become very popular. One theory is there are...
Software bills of materials, the ingredient lists for software, are important elements to companies’ cybersecurity strategies, but only if they use SBOMs effectively to manage risk.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday sanctioned Mikhail Matveev, a key figure in the Russian cybercrime world. In conjunction with a newly unsealed federal indictment of Mateev and a $10 million...
The Software Bill of Materials, or SBOM, disclosure requirement is coming for federal agencies and their contractors. Are managers and executives ready? An SBOM is a formal, machine-readable inventory...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced at the beginning of July the successful testing and selection of the first four algorithms that will become part of NIST’s post-quantum...
Excerpt The White House released the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2023 on the heels of the recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act, which provided a jolt of cybersecurity funding...