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US must prioritize cybersecurity training for the military’s engineers

The Defense Department faces a startling capability gap.

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

Steady leadership prepares TSA to face evolving cyber threats

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,...

Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems

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5 cyber issues the next presidential administration needs to prioritize immediately

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.

How to Give Americans Back Control of Their Digital Identities

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.

Biden’s cybersecurity plan has a huge funding gap

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...

Arming Consumers With Cybersecurity Data Can Protect U.S. Critical Infrastructure

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...

The Missing Middle

Addressing the Absence of Firmware Security

Unlocking the Potential: How SBOM Practices Revolutionize Tech Industries

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...

Quantum Supremacy’s Cyber Challenge: Are You Up for It?

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...

Congress Should Protect U.S. Leadership in Quantum Research

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...

A smarter way to catch insiders who leak top secret information

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...

Four Steps to Mix SBOMs—Softwares’ Recipe—Into Risk Management

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.

Treasury’s Sanctions Strike at Key Russian Ransomware Figure

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...

Protecting and Securing Data from the Quantum Threat

‘SBOM’ disclosure rules loom for federal software procurement

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...

U.S. Standards Body Reaches Critical Milestone for Mitigating the Quantum Threat, But More Work Is Needed

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...

Biden’s cybersecurity budget good start; Congress needs to fill the gaps

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...

Congress Invests in National Cyber Resilience but Misses Important Opportunities in the Consolidated Appropriations Act

Congress’s newly completed annual appropriations bill provides significant funding increases for a number of critical cybersecurity programs, including for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...