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AI Offers Potential to Enhance The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The establishment of the AI Task Force by the DHS demonstrates a commitment to harnessing the potential of AI in addressing emerging threats and safeguarding national security. By leveraging AI technology in ...
Evolving Role of the CISO: From IT Security to Business Resilience
With more and more large organizations relying on technology to conduct business, the need for a skilled CISO has become increasingly important. No longer just overseeing IT security efforts, the CISO is ...
US ‘Strike Force’ Keeps Disruptive Tech From Adversaries
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Department of Commerce launched a “Disruptive Technology Strike Force” to investigate and prosecute criminal violations of U.S. export control laws. The aim is to ...
Success of National Cybersecurity Strategy Rests on Swift Action
Just a week after the White House unveiled its long-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy, a pair of incidents—a breach at DC Health Link that may have exposed the personal data of members of ...
White House National Cybersecurity Strategy: Landmark Action for a Critical Threat
The last decade has seen increased reliance on software across every part of our lives. In parallel, we’ve seen a massive increase in attacks on this digital infrastructure, causing harm to financial ...
US Marshals Ransomware Hack is ‘Major Incident’
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has been hacked (again). Scrotes stole sensitive stuff (supposedly) ...
Virginia municipality discovers a dangerous backdoor.
Challenge: With attacks on municipalities on the rise, a midsized county in Virginia knew it needed to improve its cybersecurity posture. The problem was they were not sure where to begin. So ...
TikTok Ban: Texas is Fourth State to Join; Indiana Sues
Four U.S. states have now banned TikTok on government workers’ devices. Plus, Indiana has sued the app’s owner ...
Chinese Tech: Banned in DC, but not in the States
There’s a massive loophole in the federal ban on Chinese technology from sus firms such as Huawei and ZTE: It doesn’t stop states from buying it ...
Timeline: CISA and the Biden Administration’s Impact on Cybersecurity
The US president and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, has steadily followed through with plans to implement new mandates intended, hone regulations, and improve the nation’s security posture. The post ...
