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Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, is poised to become energy secretary as the agency continues to grapple with the fallout of the SolarWinds Orion hack.

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) will chair a new subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee focused on cybersecurity, emerging tech and information systems.

By Justin Katz   The coronavirus pandemic pushed federal agencies to rely on technology to support telework, but some organizations are feeling the pinch from hiring freezes instituted at the start of the Trump administration. At a government IT event hosted by the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC), a few speakers discussed the strain being put on IT departments. "We all, I think, across the board have the security concerns that were fighting individually and collectively, b...

By Justin Katz   On day one of Alejandro Mayorkas tenure as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, if hes confirmed as expected, hell be under pressure from Congress to deliver answers about why the federal governments cybersecurity measures failed to detect or defend against the SolarWinds Orion hack. Mayorkas promised at his confirmation hearing to review the agencys high profile cybersecurity programs, including the network protection program Einstein thats a key component of the...

A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the NSA to explain its part in developing a flawed encryption algorithm that was used and subsequently exploited through Juniper Networks security products, citing the supply chain hack involving SolarWinds Orion.

The Government Accountability Office says the State Department failed to justify the scope and organizational placement of a new office that was greenlighted in the final days of the Trump administration.

By Justin Katz NOTE: This story first appeared on FCW.com. President Joe Biden has tapped Chris DeRusha to be the federal governments chief information security officer. DeRushas appointment was not announced by the White House, but his LinkedIn profile indicated he had begun working as the governments CISO. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. DeRusha has a long history with both Biden and the Obama administration. Last summer, Biden tapped him to be the campai...

By Justin Katz   President Joe Biden has tapped Chris DeRusha to be the federal governments chief information security officer. DeRushas appointment was not announced by the White House, but his LinkedIn profile indicated he had begun working as the governments CISO. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. DeRusha has a long history with both Biden and the Obama administration. Last summer, Biden tapped him to be the campaigns CISO and he has continued to work for...

By Justin Katz   A group of Democratic senators is seeking answers from the Justice Department on agency efforts mitigate potential harm arising from compromised to email accounts breached in the SolarWinds hack. The months-long attack, which the intelligence community attributes to Russian actors, also penetrated the judicial branchs case filing system. "The DOJ and the [Administrative Office of U.S. Courts] have acknowledged that they were among the federal agencies breached by Russian hac...

By Justin Katz   Alejandro Mayorkas, the Biden administrations candidate to lead the Department of Homeland Securit, shown at an agency event in 2016. (Photo credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Lora Ratliff / U.S. Coast Guard) Alejandro Mayorkas, at his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said he will review the federal governments two major cybersecurity programs in the wake of the SolarWinds breach. Mayorkas said he would conduct "a thorough review of Einstei...