By Justin Katz
NASA is aiming to correct longstanding cybersecurity management issues identified in a recent inspector general report through a unified IT contract that was scheduled to publish a request for proposals this month. Attacks on NASA networks are not a new phenomenon, although attempts to steal critical information are increasing in both complexity and severity, according to a May 18 report by NASA s inspector general. We found that NASA s ability to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber-attacks is limited by a disorganized approach to Enterprise Architecture.
The IG links most of the agency s problems to its enterprise architecture, or in other words, the core framework for how it manages IT. NASA, according to the watchdog, has for years had a fragmented approach to IT with multiple lines of authority.
How 5 Rhode Island high school seniors made it through the pandemic Dan McGowan
If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can
LEADING OFF
Happy Friday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and I can’t even explain how giddy I am to watch the Knicks in the playoffs this weekend. Follow me on Twitter
.
ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 150,948 confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, after adding 84 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 0.7 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 6.6 percent. The state announced no new deaths, keeping the total at 2,703. There were 71 people in the hospital, and 523,474 residents were fully vaccinated.
CISA received $650 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, but the agency s top officials have described that as only a "down payment" to move the government s cybersecurity efforts.
By Justin Katz
The House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday advanced multiple bills focused on bills focused on cybersecurity and pipeline security in the wake of the ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline and the release of President Joe Biden s cybersecurity executive order.
Included in the tranche of bills passed by the committee is the Pipeline Security Act which codifies the Transportation Safety Administration s role in securing the country s natural gas and oil infrastructure. The bill, which has been previously introduced but failed to gain traction in past years, was re-introduced following the disruptive cyberattack on a key East Coast pipeline.
By Justin Katz
May 17, 2021
Brandon Wales, the acting chief of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, conceded on Thursday the dozens of deadlines in the administration s new executive order will stretch the system as his agency and others work to enact President Joe Biden s wide-ranging plan to revamp the federal government s cybersecurity. I think the community is right to say this is ambitious, this is big, but I think that just reflects what s needed to confront the cybersecurity threats and risks that we face right now, Wales told reporters during an event hosted by the George Washington University s School of Media and Public Affairs.