Government: Federal, State and Local

Election years have always attracted influence operations. AI has given those efforts a new route.

The FBI employee breach was caused by an Accenture flaw.

Vicksburg, Mississippi, had computer systems temporarily shut down due to a cyberattack.

Securing the electoral process is essential to ensuring Americans’ voices are heard, and that they trust they have been heard.

AI representatives call for UN leaders to establish controls over the technology.

The cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claims it has hacked the FBI.

Trump intends to establish a federal AI force.

Raymond Hankins, Chief Security Officer, Security Branch, at National Labor Relations Board talks about striking the balance of securing government facilities while maintaining an opening environment to the public.

The FBI published a new cyber strategy, and a veteran of the agency is sharing his thoughts.

CISA will be rolling back services that support critical infrastructure.

The House of Representatives approved a temporary extension of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.

The bureau confirmed an incident after the Qilin ransomware group claimed a breach.

The DOJ and other federal entities were targeted by a Chinese state-sponsored actor.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) decided last month that TikTok was no longer to be banned from government devices.

A North Korean remote IT worker was hired by an unidentified U.S. federal agency.

The recent cyberattacks targeting municipal water facilities across multiple U.S. states serve as another reminder that America’s critical infrastructure remains under constant attack.

Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate discusses the state of National Security today.

Election security has shifted from protecting systems to protecting trust.

Dr. Jazma Mekelle Parker began her security career as a contract background investigator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Hazel Cerra shares the valuable lessons learned from her decades-long career with the U.S. Secret Service.

The DHS announced it is investigating a data breach involving an information-sharing network.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reported that the personal information of more than three million Texas hunting and fishing license customers may have been affected by a recent data breech.

President Trump signed a new National Security Presidential Memorandum to support the nation’s National Security Systems (NSS).

Five Eyes warns that China is targeting individuals in order to access sensitive or classified information.

President Trump has signed an executive order requesting AI companies to show models to the federal government. Security experts discuss.

Foreign adversaries are exploiting commercial location data to track U.S. servicemembers in active war zones.

Mapping the United Kingdom’s surveillance, including cameras, facial recognition technology and automatic number plate recognition.

The Mythos threat is arriving at exactly the wrong moment for most enterprises.

Standards for identity verification must evolve to address how inputs are introduced, processed and validated before matching occurs.

Dutch intelligence agency AIVD says the Netherlands is facing the greatest national security threat in decades.