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US exploring options to provide oxygen, related supplies to India: White House US exploring options to provide oxygen, related supplies to India: White House ANI / Updated: Apr 27, 2021, 09:26 IST Washington: The United States is exploring options to provide oxygens and related supplies to India, said the White House, adding that Washington may re-route shipment of oxygen generation system planned to other countries given the urgency of conditions in India. During a press briefing, White House...

Quick Hits *** FireEye this morning published its annual M-Trends report highlighting a variety of cybersecurity trends in 2020 as well as the firm’s work on the hacking campaign against SolarWinds Orion. Among the trends the firm observed was a noticeable spike in ransomware and tactics used by its operators, increased cyberattacks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and a growing number of attacks on the retail and hospitality and healthcare industries. *** CACI International has named...

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By Justin Katz   The White House confirmed plans to nominate John C. Inglis and Jen Easterly to key cybersecurity roles in the Biden administration. President Joe Biden will nominate John “Chris” Inglis, the former deputy director of the National Security Agency, to become the first national cyber director, according to a statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Sullivan also said the White House will nominate Jen Easterly, a veteran intelligence official, to lead the Cybers...

Dahua and Hikvision are accused of being connected to China's military and human rights abuses. Amazon profits by selling their products online.

5th April 2021 - 11:35 GMT | by David Walsh in Washington DC RSS How can the US recover ground it has lost to China and Russia in electromagnetic spectrum operations? (Photo: DoD) As US dominance ebbs away, is it time for a DoD electromagnetic spectrum supremo? Ineffective leadership means that US military pre-eminence in electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO) is shifting dangerously towards adversaries. Such was the verdict of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) r...

Sen. King speaks at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. (U.S. Navy photo) Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), one of the chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, told reporters on Wednesday he and other lawmakers are drafting legislation that would mandate private sector companies supporting critical infrastructure to notify the government if their network is breached. "The commission will be recommending a breach notification law applying to critical infrastructure shortly, probably within the ...

Quick Hits *** Democrats in both chambers of Congress introduced a bill that would give healthcare professionals at the Department of Veterans Affairs working under Title 38 status the same collective bargaining opportunities as other VA employees. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are the lead sponsors of the VA Employee Fairness 5 Act of 2021, which has the backing of the American Federation of Government Emplo...

By Justin Katz   More than a dozen lawmakers from both parties on a key House committee are seeking information from multiple cabinet secretaries and agency chiefs that the breach involving SolarWinds Orion has had on their respective organizations. The letters sent on Wednesday by the House committee on energy and commerce were sent to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Health and Human Services Ac...