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Senate Committee Passes Securing Open Source Software Act

| | Cybersecurity, executive order, open source, U.S. government
Cybersecurity is a hot topic in Washington, D.C., right now. The Biden administration has released a number of executive orders around national cybersecurity edicts, and now the Senate has proposed a rare ...
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US ‘Strike Force’ Keeps Disruptive Tech From Adversaries

| | Compliance, Cyberlaw, government, Strike Force, U.S. government
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 ...
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Timeline: CISA and the Biden Administration’s Impact on Cybersecurity

Timeline: CISA and the Biden Administration’s Impact on Cybersecurity

| | APT, APTs, cisa, cyber threat intelligence, government, national security, Public Sector and Government, threat actors, Threat Intel, U.S. government, vulnerability intelligence, Vulnerability Management
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 ...
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How to Comply With the US Government’s Strict Software Requirements

How to Comply With the US Government’s Strict Software Requirements

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We break down H.R. 7900, a well-intentioned but perhaps unrealistic bill that requires companies working with the DoD to provide a software bill of materials (SBOM) and patch all known vulnerabilities. The ...
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How to Comply With the DoD’s Newer and Stricter Software Requirements

How to Comply With the DoD’s Newer and Stricter Software Requirements

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We break down H.R. 7900, a well-intentioned but perhaps unrealistic bill that requires companies working with the DoD to provide a software bill of materials (SBOM) and patch all known vulnerabilities. The ...
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CHIPS for America Act Brings Big Bucks to Semiconductor Industry

| | CHIPS Act, hardware, semiconductor, U.S. government
To ease the pressure of the semiconductur shortage, the U.S. Senate last week passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act on July 27, 2022 and the House of Representatives ...
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Why Public-Private Partnership is Key to Cybersecurity

| | Cybersecurity, executive order promoting private sector cybersecurity information sharing, Public Sector, U.S. government
The federal government is currently handicapped in a way it has not experienced before. Because the digital domain is man-made, governments around the world have different levels of access and freedom of ...
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Is Ransomware a Technology Pandemic in the Making?

| | Health Care Security, international cybersecurity, Ransomware, U.S. government
Ten years ago, ransomware attacks were inconvenient. But today, they present an apocalyptic national security threat capable of crippling infrastructure that the population depends on. “No one country, no one group, can ...
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U.S. Government offers $5 million bounty for information on North Korean cyber criminals

U.S. Government offers $5 million bounty for information on North Korean cyber criminals

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Yesterday, the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Homeland Security, and FBI released a joint report offering guidance on the emerging North Korean (previously known as DPRK) cyber threat, and highlighting the malicious ...
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Good Leadership Results in Better Security Practices: James Comey’s Keynote Address to OpenText Enfuse 2018

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“I made a mistake.” That’s how former FBI Director James Comey introduced himself to the audience attending the OpenText Enfuse 2018 conference in Las Vegas. I heard the murmurs around me, “Was ...
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