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GAO: Feds Could Improve Collaboration on Ransomware
While officials from government organizations were “generally satisfied” with ransomware prevention and response assistance provided by federal agencies, more work could be done to improve communication and information sharing. This was the ...
GAO: CISA, Treasury Must Assess Critical Infrastructure Risks
When attackers breached Colonial Pipeline using a stolen password, it took a lot of people by surprise. But the reality is such attacks against critical infrastructure were brewing for some time. Last ...
GAO Finds Gaps in DoD Cyberdefenses, Highlights Importance of Breach and Attack Simulation Tools
AttackIQ’s Security Optimization Platform gives an agency a proactive—rather than a reactive—security posture. It enables continuous validation of security controls to definitively establish the effectiveness of key initiatives, to include zero-trust controls ...
Cybersecurity Guidelines for U.S. High-Risk Chemical Facilities Are a Decade Old
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on the cybersecurity of the high-risk chemical facilities and found serious security issues as the guidance for policies and protection procedures hasn’t ...
Is the Electric Grid Ready to Respond to Increased Cyber Threats?
Reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Siemens highlight both the increasing cyber threats faced by the electric utility companies and the lack of adequate readiness to respond to these ...
Google+ Shutdown, Weapons Systems Vulnerabilities, Voice Phishing Scams – WB38
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 15th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Google+ shutdown, weapons systems vulnerabilities, and new data on voice phishing scams ...
