The new Federal Workforce Competency Initiative looks to update definitions of skills and abilities needed to are core competencies for different jobs.
Read more...The Defense Department has ordered several personnel policy changes to address extremism in the military, ranging from updating intake questionnaires for recruits to training to prepare service members for potential targeting by extremist groups.
Read more...The administration is adding money to multiple tech modernization programs and removing the Overseas Contingency Account from the Defense Department request and folding in warfighting funds into the base budget.
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Intelligence agencies are seeking STEM employees and a more diverse workforce.
Read more...The move tracks with a schedule "sprint" on the risks posed by insecure industrial control systems scheduled for this summer by the Department of Homeland Security.
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The European Network and Information Security Agency, ENISA, has compiled a list of existing initiatives focused on finding and preventing software vulnerabilities.
Read more...A notice of proposed rulemaking from the HHS Office for Civil Rights that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information and add new requirements for access reports.
Read more...The Final FFIEC Guidance has been issued and its main intent is to reinforce the 2005 Guidance's risk management framework and update the Agencies' expectations regarding customer authentication, layered security, or other controls in the increasingly hostile online environment.
Read more...The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights provided a report to Congress on health information breaches from September 2009 through 2010, as required under the HITECH Act. Nearly 7.9 million Americans were affected by almost 30,800[…]
Read more...Cybercriminals Using Web Shells to Control Retailers' ServersVisa's Payment Fraud Disruption team reports that cybercriminals are increasingly using web shells to establish command and control over a retailers' servers during payment card skimming attacks.
Read more...ESET Report Ties 'Vyveva' Backdoor to North Korean APT GroupThe Lazarus Group, a North Korean-linked APT group, has recently deployed a previously undocumented backdoor called "Vyveva" to target a freight logistics company in South Africa, according to ESET.
Read more...Cisco Talos: Reliance on These Tools Expands Attack SurfaceThe increasing reliance on collaboration tools such as Slack and Discord to support those working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new ways for fraudsters and cybercriminals to bypass security[…]
Read more...Meanwhile, OneTrust Receives Additional FundingEmail security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced strategic acquisitions this pas week. Meanwhile, data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding.
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