The increased concern about ransomware incidents from both quantitative and severity standpoints, spurred the White House to urge corporate business leaders to improve their defenses and resilience posture against ransomware...more
7/27/2021
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Encryption ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joe Biden ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Software
In the weeks that followed a ransomware attack on a domestic pipeline company, the federal government’s efforts to shore up the cybersecurity posture of America’s critical infrastructure and supply chains, including the oil...more
President Biden’s newly released Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity represents a comprehensive approach to tackling cybersecurity threats in the U.S. and will likely result in new FAR and DFARS contract...more
6/24/2021
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joe Biden ,
OMB ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Secretary of Defense
The Biden Administration has committed to making cybersecurity a top priority and is now turning its focus towards energy infrastructure, which is widely recognized as vulnerable to cyberattack due to grid control systems....more
5/19/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Hackers ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Ransomware ,
Request For Information
The Biden Administration is imminently expected to release an executive order that will require government contractors to notify the government in the event of a cybersecurity breach. Despite the relatively steady rise in...more