Gen. Paul Nakasone: FireEye Helped Expose Foreign Adversary in SolarWinds Incident
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said critical data provided by a threat intelligence firm enabled the Department of Defense to immediately act and block adversaries from compromising federal networks and exploiting targets in 2020, Defense News reported Tuesday. Nakasone, who also serves as director of the […]
Government Website to Serve as One-Stop Hub for Ransomware Resources; DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted
The departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) have unveiled a new website to serve as a central hub of federal cybersecurity resources to help U.S. companies and public sector organizations protect their networks from ransomware attacks. The website StopRansomware.gov provides guidance on how businesses can report attacks and includes alerts on ransomware threats […]
Gen. Paul Nakasone: Navy-Marine Corps Integration Needed to Counter Cyberattacks
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said cybersecurity is national security and the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps must be ready to address cyberattacks, USNI News reported Tuesday. “Continuing Navy-Marine Corps integration must account for the information environment, especially adversary intrusions, information operations and next-gen […]
Anne Neuberger: Microsoft Exchange Hack Attribution, Follow-Up Action Coming Soon
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, hinted that the White House will release a formal attribution for the hack of Microsoft's Exchange email service in the coming weeks and what steps the government will take in response to the cyberattack, Nextgov reported Tuesday. She […]