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Policy
Pentagon, DHS Spell Out How They’ll Cooperate on Cyber Defense
The memorandum of understanding comes after the Defense Department prepared to help the Homeland Security Department repel Election Day cyberattacks.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Researchers Test 'Worst-Case Scenario' Attack on US Power Grid
Over 100 people gathered off the tip of Long Island this month to roleplay a cyberattack that takes out the U.S. electric grid for weeks on end.
Threats
There’s No Sign China’s Trying to Hack the 2018 Vote, Says DHS Secretary
Last week, Trump said the opposite.
Threats
US Voting Systems Have ‘Staggering’ Vulnerabilities: Cyber Researchers
The report from DEF CON’s Voting Village found one bug that alone could flip the Electoral College. Another has gone unfixed for 11 years.
Threats
DHS Secretary Urges Hit-Back-Harder Response to Cyber Strikes
That muscular response strategy may sow confusion and risk escalation, a cyber law scholar says.
Business
DHS Is Reshaping Federal Cybersecurity with a $1 Billion Contract
Booz Allen will protect six agencies in its largest-ever government job.
Threats
Government’s Getting Faster at Sharing Unclassified Cyber Threat Indicators
It’s also becoming rarer that an intelligence agency refuses to release a threat indicator entirely, a DHS official said.
Science & Tech
Mike Pence’s Cybersecurity Speech, Annotated
The vice president delivered a fiery campaign-style cybersecurity speech at a Homeland Security cyber conference Tuesday. Here’s an explainer.
Policy
DHS Creates Cyber Risk Center to Protect High-Value Targets
The center will free up NCCIC to work on cyber threat sharing and incident response, officials say.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Wants to Move Some Cyber Defense Operations to the Cloud
The Defense Department’s considering a cloud extension of its Acropolis system, which it describes as “where we fight” in cyberspace.
Science & Tech
China Likely Knew about Spectre and Meltdown Bugs Before the US
Fixing hardware and software vulnerabilities requires global information sharing—and that includes U.S. cyber adversaries.
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The Pentagon Wants to Automate Some Classification Decisions
The proposed software would help defense officials make classification decisions and automatically enforce them.
Ideas
You Should Be ‘Significantly Concerned’ There’s No White House Cyber Coordinator, Policy Experts Say
They also worry we’re going the wrong way on integrating government cyber operations.
Ideas
Banning Software Won't Keep the Government Safe, Says Nuclear Security Agency Official
Rather than banning software from China or Russia, the U.S. government should focus on reducing the danger any particular app can pose.
Ideas
Only 6 Non-Federal Groups Are Sharing Cyber Threat Data with DHS
A 2016 law intended to bolster collective cyber defense isn’t attracting private-sector participants.
Threats
Cyber Researchers Don’t Think Feds or Congress Can Protect Against Cyberattacks
Only 15 percent of cyber researchers think the U.S. can defend against a critical infrastructure cyberattack, according to a survey.
Ideas
Most Major US Agencies Are Now Feeding the Federal Cyber Threat Dashboard
So far, 20 of 23 major agencies are plugged into the dashboard. The last three should be on by the end of July.
Policy
Here’s How That $380 Million in Election Security Funding Is Being Spent
State election officials are mostly using new election security money to shore up the basics.
Policy
Senate Defense Bill Aims to Scrub Cyber Adversaries from US Military Tech
The bill would require companies to disclose if they’d shared source code with foreign governments.
Science & Tech