The Biden administration is racing to put out an executive order meant to shore up U.S. cybersecurity in its dwindling days in office, according to four people familiar with the matter. The executive order, which has cleared some internal hurdles …
The nonprofit CyberTrust Massachusetts recently launched cyber assessment and monitoring services to help cities and towns in the state address the trend of escalating cyber attacks, ransomware, infrastructure disruption and data breaches. The launch began with a program sponsored by …
Verizon Business Network Services of Ashburn, Virginia, has agreed to pay $4,091,317 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it failed to completely satisfy certain cybersecurity controls in an information technology service it provided to federal agencies. The settlement with …
Maryland lawmakers highlighted a package of measures Wednesday to tighten cybersecurity in the state. Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones noted that Baltimore County was one of about 50 school systems across the nation attacked with ransomware in 2020, costing the …
Local governments should refrain from raising property taxes and lawmakers need to invest more to guard against ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said Feb. 16 in his State of the State speech. “The state of our state …
The White House warned corporate executives and business leaders on Thursday to step up security measures to protect against ransomware attacks after intrusions disrupted operations at a major meatpacking company and the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline. There has been a …
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is shutting down an office that coordinates cyber issues with other countries, according to two people familiar with the plan, in a move that critics said will diminish the U.S. voice in confronting hackers. The …
In an 11-story office building in the Washington suburbs, hundreds of U.S. cybersecurity analysts work around the clock to foil hackers. Possible breaches of government networks show up as red flashes on screens that line the walls. Something big is …
