Policy & Regulation

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    Manufacturing cybersecurity at heart of new White House guidance

    The increased priority on security comes as more clean energy supply chains face the threat of a cyberattack.

    By Kate Magill • June 24, 2024
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    Microsoft president promises significant culture changes geared towards security

    Brad Smith detailed plans to tie compensation to security, as lawmakers raised new questions about the company’s commitment to transparency.

    By • June 14, 2024
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    Microsoft will take full ownership for security failures in House testimony

    Brad Smith, the company’s vice chair and president, will acknowledge extensive security lapses while outlining steps the company, industry and nation need to move forward.

    By • June 13, 2024
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    FCC approves $200M K-12 cybersecurity pilot

    The three-year program will help schools begin to cover the costs of securing their networks from cyberattacks.

    By Anna Merod • Updated June 7, 2024
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    White House wants to harmonize the breadth of cybersecurity regulations

    National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. detailed White House strategy to streamline the administrative burden and cost of cyber compliance.

    By • June 5, 2024
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    NIST has a plan to clear the vulnerability analysis backlog

    The Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency and government contractor Analygence will help clear the National Vulnerability Database backlog.

    By • May 31, 2024
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    SEC clarifies intent of cybersecurity breach disclosure rules after initial filings

    The rules require notification of “material” breaches, but some early filers have reported incidents that appear to fall short of the regulatory threshold.

    By Alexei Alexis • May 29, 2024
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    Critical CVEs are going under-analyzed as NIST falls behind

    NIST has analyzed less than 1 in 10 vulnerabilities added to the National Vulnerability Database since mid-February, according to VulnCheck research.

    By • May 28, 2024
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    HHS agency launches program to automate cybersecurity at hospitals

    The program will invest more than $50 million to create a software suite that can automatically find potential vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit and deploy fixes.

    By Emily Olsen • May 24, 2024
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    SEC fines NYSE’s parent $10M for failing to report cyberattack

    The settlement sheds light on the costs of cyberattacks that can include penalties for non-compliance with timely disclosure requirements after the events occur.

    By Maura Webber Sadovi • May 24, 2024
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    White House seeks critical cyber assistance for water utilities, healthcare

    The DOJ will also work to deter teens from joining criminal hackers like Lapsus$.

    By • May 23, 2024
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    Cyberattacks are good for security vendors, and business is booming

    More secure technology could stem the tide of cyberattacks, but digital threats are ever present.

    By • May 23, 2024
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    Microsoft president set to testify before Congress on ‘security shortcomings’

    After the tech giant asked for more time, Brad Smith will now testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 13.

    By • May 22, 2024
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    Providers urge HHS to clarify Change data breach reporting requirements

    More than 50 provider groups are asking the federal government to publicly state that UnitedHealth should handle data breach reporting stemming from the cyberattack on its subsidiary.

    By Emily Olsen • May 22, 2024
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    EPA to ramp up enforcement as most water utilities lack cyber safeguards

    The agency may consider taking civil and criminal penalties against utilities following months of attacks against drinking and wastewater treatment facilities.

    By • May 21, 2024
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    SEC requires financial firms to disclose data breaches within 30 days

    The regulatory agency’s rule change comes less than a year after it required publicly traded companies to disclose material security incidents within four business days.

    By • May 20, 2024
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    CISA senior official Goldstein to leave agency in June

    The executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA often served as the voice of the agency and helped steer its secure-by-design efforts.

    By • May 16, 2024
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    Unsafe software development practices persist, despite CISA’s push

    The industry isn’t making sufficient progress in cleaning up code despite recurring efforts from the agency to eliminate entire classes of vulnerabilities.

    By • May 15, 2024
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    National Cyber Director echoes past warnings: Nation-state cyber threats are mounting

    State-linked actors with ties to China and Russia are growing more sophisticated in their efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure, Harry Coker Jr. said during a CyberUK conference keynote.

    By • May 15, 2024
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    How a CISA proposal could impact K-12 cyber incident reporting

    Overall, the nonprofit K12 Security Information Exchange backed the requirement for schools, but it asked for clarification on how the sector should report cyber incidents students initiate.

    By Anna Merod • May 14, 2024
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    Black Basta ransomware is toying with critical infrastructure providers, authorities say

    The threat group has impacted more than 500 targets worldwide and the vast majority of critical infrastructure sectors. Numerous attacks have exploited vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect.

    By • May 13, 2024
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    Congress wants to question Microsoft exec over security defects

    The committee wants to question Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, over the company’s security shortcomings and how it plans to strengthen security measures.

    By • May 13, 2024
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    White House wants to hold the software sector accountable for security

    Federal officials are taking steps toward a long-stated goal of shifting the security burden from technology users to the companies that build it.

    By • May 10, 2024
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    68 tech, security vendors commit to secure-by-design practices

    CISA said companies ranging from Microsoft to Palo Alto Networks signed the voluntary pledge in an effort to boost resiliency and increase transparency around CVEs and cyberattacks.

    By • May 9, 2024
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    CISA explains why it doesn’t call out tech vendors by name

    Federal officials rarely criticize tech companies when their mistakes result in attacks. The stinging conclusions CSRB levied at Microsoft are an exception, not the norm.

    By • May 9, 2024