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Charles River Analytics to Design Cybersecurity Assessment Approach
Charles River Analytics has secured funds from the U.S. Navy to create an approach that will work to help users incorporate cybersecurity features on system components.
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Microsoft Unveils CMMC Acceleration Program
Microsoft has launched an end-to-end program designed to help clients and partners serving as defense suppliers prepare for and facilitate their compliance with the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The Microsoft CMMC acceleration program seeks to help DoD suppliers “improve their cybersecurity maturity, develop the cyber critical thinking skills essential to CMMC, and benefit from the compliance capabilities native to Azure and Azure Government,†Lily Kim, general manager of Azure Global at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday.
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CrowdStrike’s James Yeager: Organizations Must Ensure Quick Cyber Response Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
James Yeager, vice president of public sector at CrowdStrike, has said that government and industry entities must implement speedy threat detection, assessment and resolution as the current health crisis brings more aggressive cyber attacks.
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Google Says Government-Backed Attackers Use COVID-19 as Phishing Lures
A team of security professionals at Google has identified over 12 government-backed hacking groups that use the COVID-19 pandemic as bait for malware and phishing attempts. Google said Wednesday one group used COVID-19 messages and U.S. fast food franchises as phishing lures to zero in on U.S. government personnel's personal accounts.
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Katie Arrington: DoD to Retool Some Aspects of CMMC Auditor Training
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Department of Defense acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said that DoD is exploring how to adjust Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification training activities amid the coronavirus pandemic, National Defense magazine reported Wednesday.
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Zscaler’s Patrick Perry: Focusing on Data Security Could Help DoD Support Teleworking
Patrick Perry, director of emerging technology for federal, defense and intelligence community at Zscaler, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on Fifth Domain that the Department of Defense should strike a balance between security and operations as it moves its workforce to a teleworking environment. He said DoD should shift its focus from network security to data security to support teleworking and manage large data volumes and increasing bandwidth requirements.
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Mitre Evaluates Cyber Tools From 21 Vendors for ‘APT29’ Threat Defense Initiative
Mitre has issued the results of its assessments of cybersecurity platforms from 21 companies to help industry and government agencies improve their capabilities to detect and combat cyber threats. Mitre evaluated the cyber offerings using its ATT&CKÂ knowledge base to emulate the techniques used by APT29, a cyber threat group believed to be related to the Russian government, the nonprofit corporation said Tuesday.
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Nutanix’s Chris Howard: Desktop as a Service Could Help Agencies Implement Flexible Work Strategy
Chris Howard, vice president of U.S. public sector at Nutanix, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that federal agencies seeking to provide employees access to data and applications in a more flexible way during the COVID-19 pandemic should consider adopting desktop-as-a-service platforms.