The US Vice President committed the US to signing onto the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. A initiative announced by the French President in 2018. In a commitment by the US and France to cooperate on cybersecurity…
If cyber change is going to be felt quickly in the US it is likely to be through the NDAA, and proposed legislation including the ‘Cyber Incident Reporting Act’‚Â and‚Â ‘Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA 2021)’ wants to jump on board.…
CMMC 2.0 was published in early November recommending closer cyber cooperation between the US, its allies and partners. The enclosed article is a worth a read as there appears to be an increasing recognition by the US that its partners…
The US passed legislation this week to secure telecommunications systems against potential foreign threats. Banning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from considering or issuing authorization for products from companies on the FCCs covered list. US legislation is moving at pace…
Can someone help please? All defence contractors need to comply and flow down NIST SP 800-171 if they have DFARS 252.204 – 7012 in their contracts. Requiring them to implement 110 cyber practices, submit compliance scores to SPRS and prepare…
A very useful critique by Bloomberg of US cyber legislation S. 2875 (the Cyber Incident Reporting Act of 2021) and‚Â H.R. 5440 (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act) and the role of CISA. With both the ‘carrot and stick’ now…
President elect Joe Biden has allocated $10bn for cyber as part of the COVID 19 stimulus package, in a reaction to the recent Russian ‘SolarWinds’ hack. Calling on Congress to approve a major investment in IT and cybersecurity for the…
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) published the enclosed report last month on the adoption of Supply Chain Risk Management across Federal Agencies. It is a comprehensive assessment of the challenges faced by agencies adopting security practices to manage supply…
