CISA
CISA offers Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting Portal
In the event of a cyber-attack on your company’s IT infrastructure, it’s crucial to report the incident in detail to law enforcement using the Voluntary Cyber Incident Reporting Portal, even if reporting is not mandated for your organization. This portal set up by America’s Cyber Defense Agency not only facilitates reporting but also serves as […]
CISA’s Shields Up and Shields Ready Programs: A Proactive Approach to Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
Cyber threats are constantly evolving, targeting the very foundation of our nation’s security and economy. To combat this ever-present challenge, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently launched a proactive program called Shields Up. The program’s core tenets emphasize the importance of continuous preparedness, collaboration, and adaptation to combat evolving cyber threats. Shields Up […]
CISA Guidance Strengthens Data Security, Neglects Web Access Security
CISA’s recent guidance to shift from VPNs to SSE and SASE products strengthens data protections, but misses an opportunity to champion more robust, hardware-enforced, security controls to harden access points like web browsers. Acting in the wake of several major vulnerabilities against VPN products at the beginning of this year, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]
Upcoming June 11th CISA Deadline Exposes Widespread Unpreparedness in Software Security Compliance
A recent study by Lineaje has uncovered a startling lack of preparedness among organizations for the upcoming U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency’s (CISA) Secure Software Development Attestation Form deadline. The research, conducted at RSA Conference 2024, reveals that a mere 20% of companies are ready to meet the June 11, 2024, compliance deadline, a critical […]
CISA lists out free cybersecurity tools and services
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have offered a list of free cybersecurity tools and services that will help companies to defend themselves from cyber attacks. Reports are in that the free to use 97- tools sourced from different tech company giants such as Microsoft, Cloudflare, Secureworks, Center for Internet Security, CrowdStrike, Tenable, AT&T Cybersecurity, […]
CISA issues Mobile Security Checklist and plans for Secure Email Service
All federal agencies and private sector organizations operating in United States are being urged to follow a checklist meant to protect mobile devices and was issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Named as The Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) the security guide offers steps for device management, app security, authentication, network security and […]
US CISA offers $2M award for Cybersecurity training
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA) of United States has announced that it will offer $2 million as funding to develop Cybersecurity Workforce Training Programs. Currently, NPower and CyberWarrior have received the funding to train unemployed and underemployed in cyberspace that not only helps create awareness on how the cyber world has developed these days, but […]
US Cybersecurity Officials to be fired after elections
As Joe Biden is all set to take the presidential reigns from the exiting Donald Trump in January next year, information is out that the 47th president will change the list of those heading various federal agencies. And the one that caught the attention of the media is the replacement of Christopher Krebs, the Director […]
US CISA issues Cyber Threat Warning
The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued warning to all public and privately funded companies that they should be highly vigilant against hackers working for Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS). CISA in association with the US Department of Justice said that some state-funded actors belonging to the Chinese Military Intelligence […]
Ransomware attack on US 2020 election data
US officials along with some dignitaries from the white house are worried that the voter registration database and polled results data of upcoming 2020 elections will be vulnerable to cyber threats such as a ransomware attack. According to a report of Reuters, Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reacted to the issue early […]
