The National Institute of Standards and Technology is establishing the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private collaboration aimed at accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. NIST Director Patrick Gallagher, at ceremonies on Feb. ...
via Fierce Government IT Government entities acting independently will be unable to successfully raise public awareness of cybersecurity issues or develop a cybersecurity workforce, said speakers Sept. 21 at a National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education workshop. Public-private partnerships are ...
via PCWorld U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down, cybersecurity experts told lawmakers Wednesday. The U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of ...
via Washington Technology The Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration has named 14 companies to a blanket purchase agreement to help agencies implement Risk Management Framework for cybersecurity. The companies will compete for task orders. Each BPA has a ceiling of $58 ...
via NationalJournal Many government agencies need to update their privacy and records management to keep up with new social media, according to a Government Accountability Office Report released Thursday. “Federal agencies increasingly use recently developed Internet technologies that allow in...
via The Hill As utilities across the country progressively interconnect generating resources and upgrade transmission and distribution systems, they increasingly rely on highly automated digital controls and digital communications to control the flow of electricity. While this modernization of the g...
via Hillicon Valley The U.S. and Indian governments signed an agreement on Tuesday in New Delhi to increase the sharing of information on cybersecurity and terrorism. The memorandum of understanding signed by Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute and Indian Department of In...
via The National Journal The United States needs a “gold standard” in cyber-defenses, Sens. Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine., and Tom Carper, D-Del., said in a Washington Post op-ed Friday. The alternative to better cybersecurity measures, they wrote, “could be a di...