Health and Human Services (HHS) says it is planning to take a range of actions to reduce cyberattacks on hospitals which have gone a bit crazy in the last few years. They released the proposal yesterday. The plan is to tie the new cybersecurity requirements through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, tying payments to baseline […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You may have heard that Russians with cyber expertise have been leaving the country by the tens of thousands. That represents a big problem for the Kremlin. Russian companies, no different than U.S. companies, need cyber talent to operate their businesses. In addition, especially now, they need cybersecurity talent to protect their businesses – and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Five years after the Pentagon demanded that every weapon system include the requirement that it be able to function in the face of Russian and Chinese cyber attacks, many major weapons systems don’t even include cybersecurity as a key performance parameter, never mind actually working under those conditions. This means that all our adversaries need […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After a horrifying independent review of the Navy’s current cybersecurity posture, the Navy asked Congress to approve a new position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy to handle cyber. This comes after the Navy eliminated the role of CIO last year. Congress turned them down, so now they are going around Congress to create a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]It is old news that Jeff Bezos was caught cheating on his (soon to be ex-) wife. That isn’t terribly unique news. Powerful men seem to do that a lot. At this point it is still somewhat murky as to how AMI, parent of the National Enquirer, obtained pictures that Jeff shared with his girlfriend. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Defense contractors are wrestling with new contracting rules that went into place, sort of, as of December 31, 2017, with the requirement to be in compliance with NIST SP 800-171. NIST SP 800-171 defines over 100 cyber security requirements that defense contractors and sub-contractors must comply with. Prime contractors must ensure that their subs are […]
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