From June, an interesting article discussing the role of the Defence Industry Base (DIB) in developing U.S national and international Interests. It describes the current challenges faced by the DIB including the declining number of companies, trade controls and loop…
The US Air Force has grounded its fleet F-35 Joint Strike Fighters over an ejector seat issue and 300 training aircraft were temporarily grounded recently because of ejection seat safety fears. Other services, including the Navy and Marines Corps, have…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Nation Cyber Director (NCD) set out their cybersecurity investment priorities for 2023. It included Zero Trust Implementation, IT Modernization for Federal Cybersecurity by Design, Sector Risk Management Agency (SRMA)Â collaboration, Securing Infrastructure,…
The U.S. DoD CMMC program continues on its course for implementation, expected to be formalized into DoD contracts by the middle of 2023. The organisation charged with developing the assessment program for the DoD, the Cyber (formally CMMC) Accreditation Body…
A nice speech by the chair of the SEC on the merits of Sarbanes Oxley as it reaches its 20 year anniversary, I remember well building the SoX program for a European bank way back in the days of the…
The FBI is looking for changes in DoT OFAC reporting rules, pushing for clarifications to the rules governing how to engage with sanctioned ransomware groups and SEC cyber incident reporting proposals. To add a national security†exception to its proposed rule…
Thanks for sharing Ted Dziekanowski. It helps shed some light on the increased oversight and enforcement by the SEC on covered entities. It is of no surprise that I am interested in the approach that the SEC may take on…
A nice update from the World Economic Forum (WEF), following up on their approach to cyber risk resilience. Aligning with the regulatory approach proposed by U.S. and EU regulators for Cybersecurity Risk management. Regulations that set the requirements for Board…
A great cyber legal podcast that discusses cyber legal developments in the U.S. It examines the output from the Cyber Safety Review Board report on Log4J, the challenges with regulating and securing the internet and the Whites House focus on…
The U.S government is moving forward in addressing its cybersecurity skills gap, with the White House and Chris Inglis holding a National Cyber Workforce and Education Summit. Looking to address the shortage of qualified resources the country requires to address the…
