Cybersecurity

Oracle has expanded its lineup of cloud services that has provisional authorization from the Department of Defense at impact level 5, making the products available for use by its defense and intelligence customers. A third-party assessment organization accredited by the government performed a readiness assessment of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure then Defense Information Systems Agency representatives […] More

Two Google Cloud executives described how the company’s cybersecurity framework can help agencies adopt zero trust principles to ensure the protection of cloud-based data assets and applications. Jeanette Manfra and Dan Prieto wrote in a joint blog post published Friday the BeyondCorp Enterprise platform offers an integrated approach for government organizations to defend against security […] More

A General Dynamics Information Technology study has found that 63 percent of officials from federal civilian and defense agencies said their organizations are on schedule to meet the zero trust security requirements by the end of fiscal year 2024 under the cybersecurity executive order signed in 2021. GDIT said it commissioned government research firm Market […] More

Microsoft has unveiled new and expanded security services under a category meant to help organizations achieve better security and productive outcomes. Microsoft Security Experts comes with three new managed services – Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, Microsoft Security Services for Enterprise and Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR or extended detection and response, Vasu Jakkal, corporate […] More

A new study has found that 91 percent of federal cybersecurity leaders say the cybersecurity executive order signed in 2021 has made U.S. critical infrastructure and data safer. MeriTalk said Thursday it surveyed more than 150 federal cyber decision-makers in March for the Impact Assessment: Cyber EO Year One report and found that 82 percent […] More

Dana Barnes, senior vice president for U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared that the company is continuing its investment in delivering integrated platform of capabilities to government agencies in an effort to help them gain a complete cybersecurity perspective. In an interview with CyberScoop, Barnes said […] More

Forty-one companies took part in a pilot program the Department of Defense and HackerOne facilitated over the past 12 months to help participants identify cybersecurity weaknesses on publicly accessible systems. Volunteers with 348 systems signed up for the Defense Industrial Base-Vulnerability Disclosure Program and 288 security researchers at HackerOne offered 401 actionable reports to asset […] More

Acalvio Technologies‘ artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity platform has been included in the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Approved Products list of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The company said Wednesday the addition of ShadowPlex adversarial engagement platform to the APL underscores its compliance with cybersecurity standards and requirements. ShadowPlex, which also has a ‘Ready’ status under […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added industry experts on industrial control systems and operational technologies to the public-private Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. JCDC-ICS will gather government officials and the industry to work on developing ICS/OT cybersecurity guidance and planning for the protection of critical infrastructure systems, the agency said Wednesday. Jen Easterly, director […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of the Treasury and the FBI have released a joint advisory on a group of North Korean state-backed advanced persistent threat actors targeting blockchain companies, cryptocurrency exchanges and other businesses in the cryptocurrency industry. Cyberthreat actors launch intrusions by sending spearphishing messages to employees of cryptocurrency companies using […] More