DefenseScoop reports that ISACA, an information technology group, has taken over the responsibility for training and giving credentials to assessors under the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 program amid concerns about a shortage of qualified third-party evaluators.
FedScoop reports that Gene Dodaro, retiring comptroller general of the Government Accountability Office, has warned senators that both federal cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection are not being given the urgency they require, leaving the country increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Deputy Chief Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd has been recommended by President Donald Trump to helm the dual-hat role of spearheading the National Security Agency and the Cyber Command over eight months after the firing of Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh and his deputy, Wendy Noble, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Welcome to Founder Stories. On this episode, we welcome Brian Long, CEO & Co-founder at Adaptive Security, to discuss his entrepreneur journey from marketing to cybersecurity. In this interview, we explore: Funding, Sales and Marketing, the Ecosystem, and, Words of Wisdom.. This segment is sponsored by Adaptive Security. Visit https://founderstorie...
Business Security Weekly is well aware of the cybersecurity hiring challenges. From hiring CISOs to finding the right skills to developing your employees, we cover it weekly in the leadership and communications segment. But this week, our guest interview digs into the global cybersecurity hiring trends. Jim McCoy, CEO at Atlas, joins Business Secur...
CyberScoop reports that Opexus, a software provider contracted by the federal government, has acknowledged its failure to properly vet twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, who have been charged and arrested over hacking its systems earlier this year, or a decade after they had been imprisoned for conspiring to infiltrate the State Department as government contractors.
