National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker on Sept. 23 updated recent efforts by the Biden administration to further the National Cybersecurity Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES), which was first released in July 2023.
The Federal Communications Commission has opened the application window for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program.
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn network defenders that, as of August 2024, a group of Iran-based cyber actors continues to exploit U.S. organizations.
State officials said this week that they are balancing centralized and decentralized distribution approaches as they try to put money from the Federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) to work for them.
In response to a probe from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it plans to release a national cybersecurity strategy for the water sector in January 2025.
The University of Hawaii has secured a $6.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance cyber infrastructure adoption, capacity, and training in the Pacific region.
The Department of Treasury sanctioned two members of a Russian nationalist hacktivist group on July 19 over an incident in January that led to the overflow of water storage tanks in Texas.
The Superior Court of Los Angeles is slowly getting back on its feet following a cyberattack.
The FBI partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Education Department to host a cybersecurity summit to bolster the partnership between Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia’s local law enforcement agencies and school districts, the bureau announced on June 28.
The North Carolina Department of Information Technology is asking cybersecurity software vendors to submit bids on a request for proposal (RFP) for a new comprehensive cybersecurity solutions state contract.