John Pescatore

No time off for cybersecurity officials in 2023

More of the same. Only more so. That might be the best way to characterize the cybersecurity trends for 2023.

Cybersecurity

First Look

How one Russian group exposed the soft underbelly of federal cyber defenses

Reporter's Notebook

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DHS marks expansion of bug bounty efforts with impending contract awards

Cybersecurity

FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, U.S. health officials proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been subject to years of criticism for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Medical devices are the soft cybersecurity underbelly for health care providers

Cybersecurity

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Congress wants to overhaul FISMA. Agencies are already measuring security differently

Cybersecurity

Obituary: Alan Paller

People

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Is CISA’s third cyber emergency directive in five months a sign that things are getting worse?

Reporter's Notebook

A cyber cautionary tale: Unnamed agency suffers sophisticated, possibly nation state, attack

Reporter's Notebook

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For some CIOs, the decision to limit the use of Zoom isn’t a big deal

Cybersecurity

DHS issues first emergency cyber directive due to what didn’t happen in 2009

Cybersecurity

First of 3 new cyber policies overhauls review, repair of critical systems

Reporter's Notebook

A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. Moscow has been awash with rumours of a hacking-linked espionage plot at the highest level since cyber-security firm Kaspersky said one of its executives with ties to the Russian intelligence services had been arrested on treason charges. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Transparency, due process fell by the wayside in the case of Kaspersky Lab

Acquisition and cyber experts say the government’s decision to remove Kaspersky Lab from the GSA schedule and a continued push by lawmakers to ban the…

Reporter's Notebook

GSA to join DoD in hiring ethical hackers to find cyber vulnerabilities

The General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Service (TTS) released a draft solicitation asking for industry input in creating a bug…

Reporter's Notebook

Letter to the Editor: Archuleta should’ve stayed

Commentary

Alan Paller and John Pescatore of the SANS Institute explain why Katherine Archuleta’s departure may not be a fair nor effective means for addressing the cybersecurity problems at OPM.