(Scoop News Group photo) CISA considering the future state of EINSTEIN as agencies modernize CISA is considering changes to EINSTEIN 1 and EINSTEIN 2, which monitor traffic routed in and out of physical networks and systems. Jun 23, 2023 By Billy Mitchell
Brandon Wales testifies Dec. 2, 2020, before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee. (Benjamin Freed / Scoop News Group) CISA shifting focus to monitoring the insides of networks for cyberthreats Intrusion detection systems like EINSTEIN were never designed to stop supply chain attacks and need to be supplemented, said CISA's acting director. Mar 18, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir
Unidentified agency’s network breached with ‘sophisticated’ malware Data was stolen from SharePoint, emails and other locations before CISA's EINSTEIN flagged a potential compromise. Sep 25, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
Kevin Cox, right, speaks June 13, 2018, at the Forcepoint Cyber Leadership Forum produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (FedScoop) CDM is securing agencies involved with coronavirus response, including vaccine research The program is helping the most at-risk agencies improve their network visibility and data protection. Jul 21, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo) CISA looks to offer a new DNS resolver to civilian agencies and beyond The service would support direct use by mobile devices and cloud infrastructure or encrypted DNS resolution protocols. Jun 1, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) Federal cyber incidents continue downward trend, according to annual FISMA report to Congress The report shows there were 8% fewer cybersecurity incidents reported in fiscal 2019 across government. May 27, 2020 By Billy Mitchell
(Getty Images) Think long-term about TIC 3.0 advancements during spike in telework, experts say The coronavirus is hastening adoption of Trusted Internet Connections, according to industry and agency officials, but pilots still need to prove out. May 11, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Scoop News Group photo) CISA to inform agencies of DNS traffic anomalies The agency reminded agencies of their legal obligation to use its EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated DNS sinkholing capability in a new memo. May 1, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
(Getty Images) A closer look at TIC telework guidance reveals not all cloud providers are eligible FedRAMP controls were included, though the program wasn't mentioned by name — highlighting a need for closer coordination, according to one security expert. Apr 16, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir
OPM CISO Cord Chase: ‘Cyber is just a support role’ to IT modernization In this latest FedScoop Q&A, Chase talks about fostering collaboration across the executive branch to safeguard information at OPM. Dec 4, 2017