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CISA says evolving CDM transforms federal cybersecurity response, enables interactive cyber defense

CISA says evolving CDM transforms federal cybersecurity response, enables interactive cyber defense

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that it deployed its Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Federal Dashboard when a federal agency identified an active exploit targeting its network recently. The move enabled the CISA to detect several…

NIST revises SP 800-171 guidelines for protecting sensitive information, implementing security requirements

NIST revises SP 800-171 guidelines for protecting sensitive information, implementing security requirements

Following last week’s update of its draft guidelines for protecting sensitive unclassified information, the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) announced on Monday that it will host a webinar on June 6, to provide an overview of the significant…

New bill set to reinforce efforts to secure critical infrastructure, federal agencies from cyber security attacks

New bill set to reinforce efforts to secure critical infrastructure, federal agencies from cyber security attacks

Two legislators of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee have introduced a bill that would significantly enhance the nation’s ability to combat ongoing cyber security attacks against critical infrastructure installations and federal agencies. The bill also works towards ensuring that the…

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CISA releases emergency directive to mitigate threats caused by Log4j vulnerabilities

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued on Friday an emergency directive to the federal civilian executive branch agencies to mitigate the threats caused by the Apache Log4j series of vulnerabilities. The emergency directive remains in effect until…