2023 marks the 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the U.S. federal government’s tradition of promoting careful cyber hygiene and ensuring protective precautions for digital assets. Established by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a nonprofit, the National Cybersecurity Alliance, ev...
As the chief acquisition executive at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, David Patrick is responsible for administering the agency’s acquisition and procurement efforts for new technologies and tools. He is CISA’s link to the government industrial base and actively seeks new opportunities to partner with the private secto...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International A new bipartisan legislation, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act, would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a public-private campaign that would promote access to cybersecurity resources and expand outreach to small businesses and underserved communities on...
Today, cybersecurity and infrastructure are intertwined – a single cyberattack can disrupt systems critical to Americans’ day-to-day activities. Incidents like the Colonial Pipeline attack, which resulted in a gasoline shortage that impacted millions, have shined a light on this relationship, and now, the U.S. government is more focused on cyber...
Cybersecurity professionals Rick Driggers and Amanda Satterwhite have been appointed co-leads responsible for Accenture Federal Services’ cybersecurity capabilities, GovCon Wire has learned. Driggers will oversee technology delivery and architecture, alliance partnerships and talent strategy as cyber practice lead at AFS and Satterwhite will m...
Department of Defense leaders are facing a tsunami of data and wrestling with the question of how exactly to best use and harness it. As the data influx continues to swell, government and industry executives are working to identify areas for improvement within their organizations. “We’re in a world where the sensors far outnumber our...
Some of our nation’s most critical systems are facing increasingly complex and dangerous threats as hackers grow more sophisticated and even the smallest vulnerabilities leave organizations exposed. Executive Mosaic sat down with Matt Heideman, president and general manager of Xage Security Government, to take a closer look at the ...
In the digital age, cybersecurity has been pushed to the forefront of organizations’ priorities. Today, cybersecurity is a paramount issue for the United States’ critical infrastructure as growing cyber attacks continue to threaten some of the most important foundational systems in our country. Healthcare organizations, for instance, are tasked ...
Cybersecurity has become critically important to every organization across government and industry alike, especially as more and more systems, assets, data and infrastructure move to the cloud or undergo digital transformation. But cybersecurity is not a fixed concept; instead, as the threat landscape evolves and shifts, so must our country’s cybe...
