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The Biden Administration continues to advance a multitude of technology and cybersecurity initiatives that will reset the way the U.S. government and professionals approach procurement in federal information technology (IT). This focus is welcome as cyber threats increasingly target digital government services. 91pro视频 continues to call on U.S. policymakers to prioritize and act on these critical issues, [...]
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November 12 marks six months since the Biden Administration issued the sweeping Executive Order on Improving the Nation鈥檚 Cybersecurity (EO), setting a milestone in the advancement of a coherent federal strategy to optimize cyber risk management. With the Executive Order鈥檚 release, the Biden Administration put down a marker to elevate the importance of cybersecurity. The EO directed all agencies to [...]
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On 12 October 2021, 91pro视频 hosted a hybrid panel event, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Next for the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council (TTC)?鈥� at Euractiv Studios. The event was moderated by 91pro视频鈥檚 President and CEO Jason Oxman and featured a live panel debate and a keynote speech from European Commission Executive Vice President, Margrethe Vestager. Speakers Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission [...]
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The Biden Administration, like the Trump Administration before it, has made securing IT supply chains a top priority. In 2021, the new administration released two key executive orders: one focused on supply chain resilience for four critical sectors, and one cybersecurity-focused set of directives that included security requirements for vendors supplying the federal IT infrastructure. But even before [...]
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On Aug. 25, the Biden Administration will meet with private sector leaders at the White House to discuss how the public and private sectors can and must work together to improve the United States鈥� cybersecurity. In just the past few months, President Biden has issued two directives to address the surge in cyber threats, such as supply chain attacks targeting the U.S. government鈥檚 own systems, and ransomware [...]
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Recent cybersecurity incidents, notably the sophisticated nation-state backed supply chain compromise of SolarWinds and the profoundly disruptive ransomware attack of the Colonial Pipeline, have placed the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. in sharp focus. Of particular interest to U.S. policymakers is understanding the lessons that can be learned from these significant cybersecurity incidents. The [...]
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Over the last few years, policymakers in Washington, D.C. rightfully recognized that malicious actors could use the government鈥檚 information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain as an attack vector. However, subsequent efforts to thwart that threat have too often been reactive and superficial in their assessment of risk. After Russian hackers allegedly worked with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky [...]
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On January 20, the Biden-Harris Administration will assume control of a tumultuous policy landscape. The ongoing SolarWinds breach and the ongoing cyber threats in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol pose significant challenges and painstakingly demonstrate the importance of a streamlined and strategic approach to federal information security. The Biden-Harris Administration has the [...]
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With news of cyber-attacks and IP theft rippling across the government contracting world, officials in the United States Congress and Executive Branch have recognized the importance of securing federal IT networks and infrastructure. Concerns about the U.S. government鈥檚 supply chain security contributed to the enactment of a 2018 law, commonly known as Section 889, targeted at Huawei, ZTE and three [...]
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Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at McAfee and a leading cybersecurity expert, joins the Download On Tech podcast to share his perspective on the new鈥攁nd old鈥攃yber threats being faced by organizations in the pandemic, how McAfee is helping its partners around the world combat these threats, and why there鈥檚 still cause for optimism. Listen to this episode of Download On Tech below or on Apple Podcasts, Google [...]
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