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‘Hundreds’ of agency internet-connected devices found running in violation of recent CISA directive, cyber firm reports

Earlier this month CISA issued a binding operational directive ordering civilian agencies to remove any “networked management devices" from the open internet within two weeks.

4 days ago By Billy Mitchell

CISA directs agencies to disconnect ‘networked management devices’ from the internet

CISA has ordered federal agencies to remove from the internet any "networked management devices," making them accessible only from an internal network, or to harden them with…

Jun 13, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

The Daily Scoop Podcast

The evolution of the Army’s cybersecurity

U.S. Army CISO Jan Norris

Jun 6, 2023 By Staff

Security Heroes — Anthony O’Neill, CISO, Massachusetts

CISO on firewall strategies to mitigate the uptick in DDoS attacks

Anthony O’Neill, CISO for Massachusetts says the state has seen an increase in distributed denial-of-service attacks. The state is shifting investments to modern firewall technology that improve…

May 5, 2023 By Scoop News Group

Security Heroes: Defending a Dynamic Perimeter — Tony Plater, CISO, U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy CISO on expanding secure access for over 700,000 sailors and marines in the cloud

Tony Plater discusses the Navy’s use of zero trust, network segmentation and modern firewalls to share and access information securely anytime and anywhere.

Mar 24, 2023 By Scoop News Group

Sean Connelly, TIC Program Manager, CISA, DHS — Sean Connelly speaks Jan. 28, 2020, at the Zero Trust Security Summit presented by Duo Security and produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop. (Scoop News Group)

CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model 2.0 expected in coming days

The latest guidance will update key definitions and metrics for the governmentwide adoption of zero-trust security architectures.

Mar 23, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Robert “Bobby” Holstein, Cloud Security Architect, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statics’ security leader discusses network complexity and new perimeter defenses

Robert “Bobby” Holstein says it’s not the increased volume of traffic, per se, but the complexity of networks that requires a more secure, sharpened edge to replace…

Mar 17, 2023 By Scoop News Group

White House, Executive Office Building — The White House and Eisenhower Executive Office Building in October 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

White House proposes $74B topline for civilian agencies’ IT in 2024 budget

The topline would constitute a nearly $9 billion and 13% increase over requested levels for fiscal 2023.

Mar 13, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Digital generated image of blue glowing fingerprint touching reflecting digital panel during scanning and verification process on black background. (Image credit: Getty Images).

With shift to increased remote work and zero trust, NIH eyes cloud solution for identity

National Institutes of Health envisions an identity-as-a-service solution that will help push forward its adoption of a zero-trust security architecture.

Feb 24, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

FEB 23, 2023 — Federal CISO Chris DeRusha speaking at the Zero Trust Summit, hosted by CyberScoop at the International Spy Museum. (Image credit: Pixelme Studio)

Federal CISO hails improving federal agency log management

Chris DeRusha says improved incident logging is helping to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation between departments and urges further progress.

Feb 23, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones