NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has published Special Publication 800-181, the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework,...
IBM, Sony Partner on Blockchain-Based Education Data Management System
IBM said Wednesday that Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education, a subsidiary of Sony that works to provide global educational services, have developed a...
Microsoft Announces CoCo Framework to Advance Enterprise Adoption of Blockchain Tech
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced the Coco Framework, "a first-of-its-kind innovation" that will advance enterprise adoption of blockchain technology.
Current blockchain protocol technology requires complicated...
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Aircraft from Drones
U.S. Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) last week introduced the Drone Operator Safety Act, a bill to help protect American...
UK Government Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Autonomous Vehicles
The British government has unveiled new government guidance which it says will ensure engineers developing smart vehicles will apply tougher cyber protections in their...
Hurd Introduces Smart Wall Legislation
U.S. Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) last week introduced the Secure Miles with All Resources and Technology (SMART) Act. Representatives Henry Cuellar (D-TX), David...
Justice Department Releases Framework to Help Organizations Design Bug Bounty Programs
The Justice Department has released guidelines to help organizations design bug bounty programs. The Criminal Division’s Cybersecurity Unit has prepared this framework to assist...
Hackers Claim Credit for Data Leak From Alleged Breach of FireEye’s Mandiant
Multiple reports have it that a set of systems operated by Adi Peretz, a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at at Mandiant, a subsidiary of...
Report: Data Breach Exposes ‘Close to 4 Million’ Dow Jones Customer Accounts
Cybersecurity firm UpGuard reported Monday that a cloud-based file repository owned by financial publishing firm Dow Jones & Company, which had been configured to...
Tech Firms Urge FCC to Shelve Plans to Reverse Net Neutrality Rules
The Internet Association, a group representing major tech firms including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, on Monday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...