Inside Cybersecurity

May 8, 2024

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By Sara Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO. CISA Director Jen Easterly called for “radical transparency” from technology manufacturers on measures they are taking to ensure their products are “as safe and secure as possible,” during a keynote here at the RSA conference where she participated in a discussion with former CISA Director Chris Krebs.

By Sara Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working with individual agencies to set up agreements on sharing incident reports, as efforts get underway to establish mechanisms for the “substantially similar reporting” exception under the agency’s upcoming mandatory requirements, according to CISA executive director Brandon Wales.

By Jacob Livesay

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced a $420 million notice of funding opportunity focused on supporting the buildout of Open Radio Access Networks to boost wireless service cybersecurity and trustworthiness by promoting supply chain diversity.

By Jacob Livesay

The Department of Defense should have a more clearly delineated role to play in international capacity-building under the State Department’s new cybersecurity strategy, according to retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

By Sara Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO. The first meeting of the DHS Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board focused on principles that will shape their work moving forward with the end goal of developing guidelines for secure and trustworthy AI, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

By Sara Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO. The Office of the National Cyber Director has published version two of its implementation plan for the national cyber strategy, providing updates on initiatives launched over the past year and new projects that are underway in 2024.

By Sara Friedman

SAN FRANCISCO. The Defense Department will continue to direct contractors to follow requirements in the current version of NIST Special Publication 800-171 under a “class deviation,” amid the anticipated release this month of an update to the foundational controlled unclassified information publication.

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