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By Brent Hansen Feb 22, 2021 Agencies likely have the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program on their minds as a result of the Office of Management and Budget’s November memo requiring they share cyber risk data to a new federal dashboard. Specifically, the memo notes, agencies are required to “report the status of their information security programs to OMB,” with inspectors general conducting “annual independent assessments of those programs.” What should an agency’s “information security program” include? With agencies’ increased emphasis on big data throughou...

Attacks from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea will likely continue “until the leadership has decided that it cannot tolerate further behavior," former CISA Director Chris Krebs told the House Homeland Security Committee.

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 detect it. In this environment, agencies must approach security infrastructure comprehensively -- cons...

Biden poised to pick Obama-era security veterans for 3 top cyber roles The leading candidates for the cyber positions have been described as well prepared to confront an ongoing cyber espionage crisis and other digital security challenges. President Joe Biden is expected to pick three Obama administration veterans for key roles on the National Security Council and at DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Updated: Link Copied President Joe Biden is expected to appoint former officials with extensive cyber policy experience to three crucial posi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Last week, President Biden released a fact sheet summarizing a proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, which promises to have a broad reaching impact on U.S. businesses. TAKEAWAYS The proposal includes a $15 billion grant program to more than one million of the hardest hit small businesses, reimbursement for employee sick leave, and $35 billion to generate low-interest loans and venture capital to help entrepreneurs. The proposal allocates $130 billion for schools to spend on a variety of safety and student support applica...