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By GCN Staff Jan 26, 2021 With the growing amount of data, video, and information services (DV&IS) in the communications ecosystem, public safety agencies need priority access to advanced services to support national security and emergency response and recovery. To further that goal, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking feedback on a potential new requirement for two programs it manages: the Next Generation Network Priority Service  (NGN PS ) and the Telecommunicatio...

Jan 25, 2021 With the expansion of telework, agencies face a broader threat landscape. Teams can no longer rely on network-centric security, and federal leaders cannot manage the cybersecurity posture of personal infrastructures off-site. What’s more, bad actors are having more success gaining access to user credentials than ever before, with their algorithms outperforming humans 1,000 to one. When bad actors leverage inappropriate or unnecessary access, the damage is done before teams can de...

By Stephanie Kanowitz Jan 25, 2021 The internet-of-things market is expected to reach $1.6 trillion by 2025, but a lack of security standardization will threaten the development of IoT services, a report states. “The fervent expansion of IoT connectivity and subsequent monetization strategies have revealed cavernous security concerns fueled by the lack of proper security standardization,” according to ABI Research’s “68 Technology Trends That Will Shape 2021.” Attacks on connected inf...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has introduced an awareness campaign to reduce the threat of ransomware to public- and private-sector organizations.

COVID-19 has exacerbated preexisting cyberthreats, from counter incident response and island hopping to lateral movement and destructive attacks. These attacks are ratcheting up existing geopolitical tensions. Organizations, most of which depend on VPNs and other traditional network security infrastructure, may not be prepared. Stopping todays increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, whether theyre COVID-19-related or not, will mean adopting next generation IR strategies. In this fifth installm...

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Get Permission Intel is investigating an incident in which an unauthorized person accessed a portion of the companys latest quarterly financial report, forcing the chipmaker to release its earnings slightly earlier than planned. Intels Chief Financial Officer George Davis told The Financial Times that an attacker accessed the report by hacking into the companys corporate website. "We are investigating reports that non-authorized access may have been obtained to one graphic in our earnings ma...

Today’s businesses face a unique set of security challenges. You need security that works and is easy to implement and manage, but you’re working with a limited

By Stephanie Kanowitz Jan 20, 2021 Now that the election is over, state and local governments are turning their attention to ways that data and geographic information systems can aid in redistricting efforts. The Redistricting Data Program at the Census Bureau is legally required to give states time to identify the geographic areas for legislative redistricting. “That requires us to deliver high-quality data for those areas in a timely manner,” said James Whitehorn, chief of the bureau’s ...

The final solicitation for the $3.4 billion Data Center and Cloud Optimization contract seeks greater efficiency, better quality data, more security and better mission support.