Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure

7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (444+ words) The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, has rated the Internal Revenue Service’s cybersecurity program not effective for fiscal year 2026, citing shortfalls in three of six core security functions. TIGTA’s annual audit report, released last week, measured the…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago   (781+ words) WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has set a seven-week schedule to award a $626 million contract that would consolidate network, cloud and cybersecurity operations across the entire department under a single vendor. The final solicitation is due Oct. 1, and DHS…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (282+ words) QUANTICO, Va. — Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Chief of Staff Jeffrey Sgarlata delivers opening remarks to launch the 2026 Virtual DCSA Security Conference on Sept. 14. Pictured with Sgarlata - from DCSA’s Security Training (ST) Operating Component - are Cashmere He, ST Outreach…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (162+ words) Seal: Department of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is expanding its Remote Identity Validation Rally, or RIVR, to bring more identity verification technologies into government testing, the agency announced Monday. DHS is giving industry…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (385+ words) The deadline shouldn’t be about checking off another federal requirement. It’s an opportunity to solve one of public safety’s biggest cybersecurity challenges: ensuring the right people can securely access the right information at exactly the right moment they need it....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (176+ words) Seal: U.S. Department of Homeland Security The DHS Office of Procurement Operations, acting on behalf of the department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, said it intends to solicit the potential $626 million NCCS 2.0 requirement and release the final solicitation on Oct....

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (362+ words) Construction site security provider Sentry AI has deployed its 100th SolarGuard mobile security unit as it expands the use of remote monitoring at construction projects nationwide. The mobile trailers use solar-powered hardware, cloud-based artificial intelligence and a 24-hour security operations center…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (425+ words) OSCE.org - Plenary Meetings of the Forum for Security Co-operation - Court of Conciliation and Arbitration Toggle sub-navigation forGeospatial Technology as an OSCE Tool for Co-operative Security The OSCE convened a high-level event in Vienna on 16 September to explore how geospatial…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (406+ words) Nearly half of Australians who have experienced cybercrime did not report it, with researchers warning that serious offending is being missed by official statistics. Nearly half – 44 per cent – of Australians who have experienced cybercrime did not report the incident, highlighting…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (223+ words) Newark and Sherwood District Council was subjected to a “very significant cyber attack” last week. The authority’s cabinet was told the denial of service attack occurred last Friday, but that it was quickly recognised and any serious harm was prevented....