The events of 9/11 – and more recently, the SolarWinds cyber incident – have illuminated a vital lesson: seamless collaboration across the intelligence community, Federal agencies, industries, academia, and international partners is essential for a comprehensive understanding of national security threats, a senior intelligence official said this week. […]
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The National Security Agency’s (NSA) Hybrid Compute Initiative (HCI) launched in 2021 won praise today from NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh who said the program represents the “future model” for the agency because it maximizes NSA’s ability to quickly leverage industry advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies. […]
Federal officials said this week that international collaboration and better sharing of actionable security guidance are needed to help meet the challenge of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks from China and other adversaries who are making the ability to attack critical infrastructure industries part of their military strategies. […]
Several U.S. government agencies including the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued an advisory today warning about a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group that they say is conducting a “global espionage campaign” aimed at advancing North Korean military and nuclear programs. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) released on Wednesday a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) sharing recommendations for automating routine tasks to better focus resources on investigating anomalies associated with advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA), along with the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and other agencies, has published a new cybersecurity advisory (CSA) that explains how a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber group is successfully conducting cyberattacks. […]
The head of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) said today that the organization has stood up a new artificial intelligence (AI) task force that will focus on delivering AI capabilities for the cyber mission force operations. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has appointed Kristina Walter to lead its Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC), the agency announced on Thursday. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) released a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) on May 22 sharing the best practices for securing applications from unauthorized users and ensuring continuous visibility of the workload at any given time. […]
The U.S. government is continuing to invest in the advancement and implementation of critical and emerging technologies – such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences – because they are key to both enabling economic prosperity and defending national security. […]
The chief of defense for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) at the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) is focused on boosting the cybersecurity of small businesses within the DIB. […]
Agencies are drowning in cyber domain data, and when it comes to enabling rapid response, some of their biggest challenges include quality and accessibility of data, Federal defense and intelligence officials said this week. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity information sheet (CIS) on Monday to share best practices for deploying secure and resilient AI systems. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity information sheet (CIS) on April 9 detailing recommendations for maturing data security and enforcing access to data in transit and at rest. […]
While practical employment of quantum computing remains out of reach for the time being, a National Security Agency (NSA) said this week that industry and government must work closely together to lay the groundwork for quantum capabilities to be easily adopted when the time comes for widescale deployment. […]
The National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) has been “game-changing” for the NSA in terms of gaining unique insights from partners on specific adversaries, according to Morgan Adamski, the chief of the CCC. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a new Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) for zero trust networks outlining detailed information on curtailing adversarial lateral movements to access sensitive data in critical systems. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) published its 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review this week to share its recent cybersecurity successes, including the agency’s work to enhance national security through artificial intelligence, strategic competition, and more. […]
The Senate on Tuesday night unanimously confirmed by voice vote Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to head both the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) after a months-long blockade to his and other Pentagon nominations. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released a new report providing guidance on industry best practices on open source software and software bills of materials (SBOM). […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – along with the National Security Agency (NSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) – have released a new cybersecurity advisory warning of continued Iranian-backed cybersecurity attacks aimed towards American and Israeli water and wastewater systems (WWS). […]
A newly released advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with the National Security Agency (NSA), highlights the most common cybersecurity misconfigurations in large organizations. […]
New guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) highlighted significant ongoing challenges Federal agencies and industry face in implementing security controls like multifactor authentication (MFA) to manage identity security. […]
With the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies across the U.S. and around the world, the National Security Agency (NSA) is creating a new AI security center that will consolidate its existing AI security-related activities into a central effort. […]
The head of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data science and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts said that government agencies should consider how to apply AI to cybersecurity operations but warned that they also need to heavily focus on how adversaries will leverage the emerging tool against them. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has wrapped up a 60-day study to look at how the use of AI technology fits into the agency’s future, according to Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command. […]
Wendy Noble has been appointed by the Biden Administration to be the new deputy director at the National Security Agency (NSA). […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has assumed responsibility for the management and operations of the SharkSeer cyber defense tool previously managed by the National Security Agency (NSA), the agency announced on Monday. […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), the FBI, and international cybersecurity agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on August 3 warning organizations of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) that were frequently exploited by malicious actors in 2022. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new guidance on July 17 that provides recommendations to protect against threats to 5G standalone network slicing. […]