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Chris DeRusha has held the position of federal chief information security officer since January 2021.

As the Senate Homeland Security Committee considers new cyber rules and regulations for U.S. critical infrastructure, lawmakers heard testimony from CISA's Jen

This April was "National Supply Chain Integrity Month," a designation by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Of...

Get Permission The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in its $1 billion IT modernization grant program for federal agencies, which will be overseen by the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget. In March, Congress allocated $1 billion for federal IT modernization project grants as part of the American Rescue Plan - the $2 trillion economic relief package signed by President Joe Biden. That measure also includes $650 million in funding for the Cy...

/ ListenUpYall.com Apr 9, 2021 8:17 AM Key lawmakers said Tuesday they’re concerned they’ve been kept in the dark about what suspected Russian hackers stole from the federal government and they pressed Biden administration officials for more details about the scope of what’s known as the SolarWinds hack. In letters to top officials, Sens. Gary Peters and Rob Portman said recent reporting by The Associated Press “raised the troubling possibility that some federal agencies did not fully ...

Why Didnt Government Detect SolarWinds Attack? Twitter Sens. Gary Peters (left) and Rob Portman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Two senators are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to explain why its Einstein system failed to detect the SolarWinds supply chain breach that affected nine federal agencies as well as private corporations. Sen. Garry Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Rob Por...

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AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File Key lawmakers said Tuesday theyre concerned theyve been kept in the dark about what suspected Russian hackers stole from the federal government and they pressed Biden administration officials for more details about the scope of whats known as the SolarWinds hack. In letters to top officials, Sens. Gary Peters and Rob Portman said recent reporting by The Associated Press "raised the troubling possibility that some federal agencies did not fully report" the exte...

Senators press for more on SolarWinds hack after AP report Associated Press 1 hr ago By ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New Yo...

The committee leaders questioned Wales and DeRusha about the progress the administration has made garnering information about the SolarWinds hack, which U.S. intelligence agencies assessed in January was “likely” carried out by Russian hackers, and compromised at least nine federal agencies and 100 private sector groups. ADVERTISEMENT The senators also asked questions about recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which the company said last month was actively...