- Long-awaited RIF list reveals few new details about agencies . . .
Long-awaited RIF list reveals few new details about agencies’ downsizing plans Officials said the list of 40 planned RIFs was only an "estimate," and that it was both "under-inclusive and over-inclusive" of agencies' true RIF plans
- GAO-24-107733, Cyber Resiliency: CrowdStrike Outage Highlights Challenges
In July 2024, a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused Microsoft Windows operating systems to crash—resulting in potentially one of the largest IT outages in history
- Cybersecurity Alerts Advisories - CISA
ICS Advisory: Concise summaries covering industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity topics, primarily focused on mitigations that ICS vendors have published for vulnerabilities in their products
- National Preparedness Report - FEMA. gov
Since FEMA began reporting over a decade ago, disasters like hurricanes Sandy, Irma, Maria, Harvey, and Ian, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 California wildfires, and the 2023 Hawaii wildfires have disrupted the lives of Americans across the nation and drastically increased the demands placed on the emergency
- GAO-25-107743, HIGH-RISK SERIES: Heightened Attention to High-Risk . . .
This biennial update describes the status of high-risk areas, outlines actions that are needed to assure further progress, and identifies a new high-risk area needing attention by the executive branch and Congress
- Regulatory Reset? U. S. Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Face . . .
The rapidly proliferating set of federal cybersecurity reporting rules—and the need to harmonize those rules to reduce burdens on companies responding to serious incidents—is a known issue
- DOD Cybersecurity: Enhanced Attention Needed to Ensure Cyber Incidents . . .
This report examines the extent to which DOD established and implemented a process to (1) report and notify leadership of cyber incidents, (2) report and share information about cyber incidents affecting the DIB, and (3) notify affected individuals of a PII breach
- Proposed NIST Updates and Data Incident Response Planning
Recently, NIST released its proposal to update the information security controls set forth in SP 800-171, and the general public has until July 14, 2023, to submit comments and feedback on the proposed changes
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