Biden administration seeks money to bolster Ukraine war-related cybersecurity at home, abroad
There's money in the request for direct aid to Ukraine, but also things like more enforcement of U.S. sanctions.
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Feds likely to miss deadline for strengthening encryption, multifactor authentication
The May executive order was drafted as a result of the SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign.
Federal CISO Chris DeRusha appointed deputy national cyber director, will serve both roles
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis hopes the "dual-hat" post will improve federal coordination.
OMB orders federal agencies to let CISA access defenses of devices, servers
It's an area of weakness that the SolarWinds hackers exploited, officials have said.
Federal CISO forecasts one of toughest tasks in sweeping Biden cyber executive order
Chris DeRusha said cybersecurity event logging is important, but will take years to get right.
CISA orders agencies to set up vulnerability disclosure programs
It’s the latest sign that federal officials are warming to white-hat hackers from various walks of life.
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OMB slams agencies on cyber risk, calls for ‘bold’ new approaches
Nearly three quarters of 96 agencies reviewed by federal officials have cybersecurity programs that are either “at risk” or at “high risk."
White House seeks to tighten identity management in federal agencies
A memo from OMB asks agencies to coordinate regularly to make sure federal identity management policies are consistently implemented.
OMB sees risk management efforts slowly coming to fruition
U.S. officials are finally starting to get the real time situational awareness cybersecurity data they need, a federal advisory panel was told Wednesday.
Federal agencies often don’t know who’s attacking them online, OMB says
For nearly a third of the cybersecurity incidents reported to the Department of Homeland Security by federal agencies, the agency had no information about what kind of…