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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive after software firm Ivanti discovered vulnerabilities in two widely-used products.
Some contractors are slowly reassessing spend in other areas of the company and applying larger budgets to future IT and cyber compliance. That way, the additional costs are not surprising once compliance is required.
The CSRB is modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board, but some experts say the cyber board needs more independence and transparency.
Endpoint management and security is becoming more automated. But it requires using the most current data about network activity.
Zero trust takes a multi-disciplinary team, full visibility into your network data, and a dash of artificial intelligence.
Dakota State University might be lesser known than other cybersecurity academic hubs, but it has a solid relationship with the national security community.
Zero trust architectures must cover both users and applications, and extend from the core network to the edge, all while giving all users an equal experience.
Join moderator Justin Doubleday, and agency and industry leaders to learn how agencies are implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to enhance cybersecurity initiatives.
Matt House, the program manager for the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program at CISA, said the governmentwide dashboard is in a good place in terms of capability and usage across the government.
At its core, a zero-trust architecture (ZTA) follows one guiding principle: Trust no one. Unlike conventional models, where anything inside the network perimeter is trusted, ZTA considers all users and systems as potential threats. This means verifying every access attempt, regardless of whether the attempt originates inside or outside the network.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is concentrating on its people above its technology in its IT modernization and cybersecurity efforts.
Industry and government alike have been pondering the new proposed rule on vendor cybersecurity that was published just a couple of weeks ago. The Defense Department wants to finally get its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program off the ground. It would impose new requirements on contractors. For one industry view, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with the Chief Technology Officer at Fortinet Federal, Felipe Fernandez.
This fed has a long career as an engineer and cyber security practitioner for the Navy and Marine Corps. He reached the Senior Executive Service years ago. Now he's on the civilian side of government, as the chief information security officer for the Homeland Security Department.
While the buzzword of 2024 may be artificial intelligence, or some derivative like generative AI or large language models, the biggest challenge and focus for federal IT community will continue to be the people.