Federal Government

FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
Richi Jennings | | Big Telecom, carrier, Carriers, Diameter, digital telecom, fcc, FCC Failures, FCC Follies, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Government, Location, location access risks, location data, Location data privacy, location history, location intelligence, location privacy, location sharing location tracking, location tracking, mobile carrier, mobile carrier vulnerability, Mobile carriers, Mobile Location Tracking, Mobile Tracking, Phone Carrier, RADIUS, roaming, Ron Wyden, SB Blogwatch, Sen. Ron Wyden, Smartphone Location Tracking, ss7, telco, Telecom, Telecom Cybersecurity, Telecom Industry, Telecom Industry Vulnerabilities, telecommunications, Telecommunications Security, telephone, telephones, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, wireless carrier
Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
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DoD Email Breach: Pentagon Tells Victims 12 Months Late
Richi Jennings | | Anurag Sen, azure, Azure cloud, Azure Government Cloud, Compliance Automation Platform for FedRAMP, data privacy PII, defense department, Department of Defense, devops in government, DevSecOps in Government, digital government, DoD, email, Federal Government, Federal Government Bids, FedRAMP, fedramp accreditation;, fedramp ato, fedramp certification, fedramp compliance, government, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Security, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Exchange Server, pentagon, pii, PII Leakage, SB Blogwatch, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Department of Defense, US DOD, USDoD, USSOCOM
3TB Email FAIL: Personal info of tens of thousands leaks. Microsoft cloud email server was missing a password ...
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Zero Trust defense for federal agencies
In January 2022, the U.S. federal government issued an Executive Order stating that federal agencies must meet specific cybersecurity requirements by the end of fiscal year 2024. The purpose of this order ...

Zero Trust defense for federal agencies
In January 2022, the U.S. federal government issued an Executive Order stating that federal agencies must meet specific cybersecurity requirements by the end of fiscal year 2024. The purpose of this order ...

FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
Richi Jennings | | 4th Amendment, Democracy, FBI, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Federal Government, FISA, Fourth Amendment, government, government access, government surveillance, Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), lawful surveillance, mass surveillance, nsa, police surveillance, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Section 702, surveillance, US Constitution, US FBI, warrantless search
Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ...
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Federal Shutdown Raises Cybersecurity Risks, Experts Warn
The looming risk of a shutdown of the federal government is raising alarms within the cybersecurity community ...
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White House National Security Strategy Heavy on Partnerships, Action
Teri Robinson | | Federal Government, National Cybersecurity Strategy, U.S. infrastructure, White House
After releasing a National Cybersecurity Strategy that it promised would protect this country’s digital assets and infrastructure and also pave the way for a digital future for all, the White House unveiled ...
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Critical Infrastructure Security Needs an Overhaul
Nathan Eddy | | Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, FedRAMP, ICS, iot, OT, US
The security policies underpinning the nation’s critical infrastructure sectors and protecting them from cyberattacks are outdated and require comprehensive overhaul, according to a recent report by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0. According ...
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Dell Launches Project Fort Zero Service to Accelerate Zero-Trust IT Shift
Dell Technologies today launched a Project Fort Zero cybersecurity services initiative that promises to make it simpler for organizations to transition to zero-trust IT environments. The initiative is based on a reference ...
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Is RBI the key to the White House’s new cybersecurity strategy?
The Biden administration announced a new national cybersecurity strategy earlier this month. As digital transformation continues to radically change how the country lives, works, communicates and plays, the new federal cybersecurity strategy ...