CISA Archives

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Panel advises CISA on how to improve industry-government collaboration project

The adopted recommendations include not getting waylaid from the central mission of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative.

Jun 5, 2024 By Tim Starks

Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, speaks during the Elastic Public Sector Summit 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Departing top CISA official reflects on nearly four years in the cyber hot seat

Eric Goldstein spoke with CyberScoop about where the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has made progress, lessons learned and what’s next.

May 17, 2024 By Tim Starks

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President at the Microsoft Corporation, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law oversight hearing to examine legislating artificial intelligence (AI), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

House panel leaders call on Microsoft president to testify over security shortcomings

The Homeland Security Committee plans a May 22 hearing.

May 10, 2024 By Tim Starks

Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC wants rules for ‘most important part of the internet you’ve probably never heard of’

U.S. agencies want to secure the Border Gateway Protocol, but experts question whether their approach could worsen security.

Apr 24, 2024 By Tim Starks

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testified before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CISA emergency directive tells agencies to fix credentials after Microsoft breach

CyberScoop first reported on the existence of the directive, which calls the pilfered emails “a grave and unacceptable risk to agencies."

Apr 11, 2024 By Tim Starks

Conservative demonstrators who allege that the government pressured or colluded with social media platforms to censor right-leaning content protest outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, March 18, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Defining coercion at heart of Supreme Court case on government jawboning platforms

Monday’s case has major ramifications for the relationship between the government and social media platforms and policing disinformation.

Mar 18, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson

Sean Connelly unpacks zero-trust strategy challenges and solutions

CISA joins CyberScoop at the Zero Trust Summit 2024.

Feb 23, 2024 By Scoop News Group

Caesars Palace Hotel sits along Las Vegas Blvd, along the strip in Las Vegas, NV on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)

U.S. officials urge more information sharing on prolific cybercrime group

An aggressive ransomware group has hit a series of prominent targets in recent months without any arrests being made.

Nov 16, 2023 By AJ Vicens

CISA Chief of Staff Kiersten Todt to step down

After nearly two years at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Todt will leave for a job in the private sector.

Apr 18, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

The Microsoft logo is visible through a grid of its French headquarters on Jan. 25, 2023 in Issy-les-Moulineaux. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Can a White House initiative compel tech companies to write safer code?

Software liability reform is a centerpiece of the Biden's recent national cybersecurity strategy. Implementing it will be a challenge.

Mar 31, 2023 By Elias Groll