GovCon Wire Events’ timely Information Security and Innovation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent figures across government and industry to discuss how public and private sector organizations are working together to better fortify the United States’ critical information security and cybersecurity capabilities in response to the heigh...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is offering agencies and companies access to an online catalog of tools and services meant to help organizations manage cybersecurity risks. CISA said Friday the webpage will initially feature resources from the agency, open source contributors and Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative members from bo...

Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each...

David Epperson, formerly chief information security officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has joined the public sector team of artificial intelligence cloud technology provider H2O.ai, GovCon Wire has learned. “We are very excited to have Dave join our growing Public Sector team, his hiring illustrates our commitment...

In the wake of the recent identification of a critical vulnerability in the Java-based Log4j software code and due to the alarming rise in cybercrime, ransomware attacks and information breaches, the U.S. government is ramping up its cybersecurity response and resilience efforts. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday established the count...

Boyden Rohner, associate director of vulnerability management at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will lend her insights to a panel discussion about the current information security environment at GovCon Wire’s Feb. 23 virtual event. Rohner has two decades of national security experience and leads CISA’s initiatives ...

Robert Costello, chief information officer of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will keynote a Feb. 23 virtual forum hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire to overview his work at CISA and the agency’s role in federal data security. Costello assumed the CIO post in August 2021 and oversees C...

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential $61.5 million prime contract to perform a range of services in support of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s nationwide safety efforts. The company said Tuesday it will work under the Priority Services Scientific, Engineering and Technical Assistance contract to address CISA’...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new initiative to drive the development and execution of cyber defense operations plans in partnership with the private sector, federal interagency and state, local, tribal, territorial government stakeholders. The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative is aimed at reducing cyber inciden...

Jen Easterly, head of firm resilience and the Fusion Resilience Center at Morgan Stanley, received Senate confirmation to serve as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, three months after the White House announced her nomination for the role, Politico reported Monday. In a unanimous vote, senators approved Easterly to lea...