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Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 27, 2022. The new agreement reached between the White House, the State Department, and the Treasury Department gives State new authorities to monitor cyber ops. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CAROLYN KASTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

State to gain more ability to monitor DOD cyber ops under White House agreement

The White House has reached consensus between State and Defense on how to pare back NSPM-13's precedent-setting delegation of authority to the DOD.

May 10, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

Cyber Command NSPM-13 — National Security Agency (NSA) Director and U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Paul Nakasone testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 10, 2022 (Photo by: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Biden administration is studying whether to scale back Trump-era cyber authorities at DOD

The Biden administration is considering revising the Trump-era policy that gave broad cyber authorities to the Department of Defense and Cyber Command.

Mar 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley

Woman hand enters a one-time password for the validation process. (Getty Images)

Feds likely to miss deadline for strengthening encryption, multifactor authentication

The May executive order was drafted as a result of the SolarWinds cyber-espionage campaign.

Nov 5, 2021 By Tim Starks

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: The American flag flies above the U.S. Capitol building during a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Ex-government officials urge US to take action to avoid another SolarWinds-style hack

Top security leaders testified in front of the House Homeland Security Committee's first cyber-focused hearing of 2021, with the SolarWinds hack taking center stage.

Feb 10, 2021 By Jeff Stone

White House, national security council — (Getty Images / Greg Otto / Scoop News Group)

White House activates cyber emergency response under Obama-era directive

The process establishes a Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) that is intended to help the U.S. government coordinate multiple agencies' responses to an event like the SolarWinds…

Dec 16, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

Microsoft; cyber peace institute — (Getty Images)

Microsoft, Hewlett Foundation preparing to launch nonprofit that calls out cyberattacks

Informally known as the "Cyber Peace Institute," the organization plans to act as a neutral arbiter that calls out bad behavior on the internet.

Sep 9, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

Former U.S. officials call for transparency in cybersecurity of 2020 census

The officials cite worries stemming from the seemingly never-ending stream of news about cybersecurity threats.

Jul 16, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee

Kaspersky sanctions — Kaspersky’s Singapore office. (Flickr/e_kaspersky)

Kaspersky Lab was blocked from joining this U.S.-based cyberthreat information sharing group

The Cyber Threat Alliance denied Kaspersky entry into the group due to the group's president, former cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, weighing on information he was privy to…

Oct 26, 2017 By Chris Bing

What needs to change with the government’s vulnerability disclosure process

Michael Daniel, president of the Cyber Threat Alliance and former U.S. cybersecurity coordinator, talks with Greg Otto about calls for the government to change its vulnerabilities equities…

Sep 11, 2017 By cyberscoop_staff Jeff Stone

Sen. Ron Johnson is a sponsor of the bill. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore)

Senators draft bill to turn government’s vulnerabilities equities process into law

The bill, which has yet to be introduced, is said to add clarity, transparency and a level of consistency to the process.

Mar 22, 2017 By Chris Bing