Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity (CS) (formerly referred to as information assurance [IA]) is defined as the technologies, processes, and practices designed for prevention of damage to, protection of, and restoration of computers, electronic communications systems, electronic communication services, wire communication, and electronic communication, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation.

Recent Inquiries

What Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate use authorizations of extended reality technology are available within the U.S. Army/Department of Defense?

What Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate use authorizations of extended reality technology are available within the U.S. Army/Department of Defense?

Can common access card certificates be extracted via application programming interface calls?

Can common access card certificates be extracted via application programming interface calls?

How are cybertools and cybertechnologies used in differentiating between automated reconnaissance and enumeration events and hands-on-keyboard events?

How are cybertools and cybertechnologies used in differentiating between automated reconnaissance and enumeration events and hands-on-keyboard events?

Articles

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Iranian Cyber Actors Access Critical Infrastructure Networks

FORT MEADE, Md. – The National Security Agency (NSA) is joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and others in releasing a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), “Iranian Cyber Actors’…

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CISA and FBI Release Product Security Bad Practices for Public Comment

WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released the Product Security Bad Practices for public comment today. This catalog outlines practices that are deemed exceptionally risky and…

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Army Announces Effort to Help Small Business Meet Cybersecurity Requirements

The Defense Department is actively working on plans to build cybersecurity requirements for the defense industrial base into defense contracts as part of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, or CMMC. The first contracts with…

Webinars

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A Multilayered Defense Strategy Against Adversarial AI Attack

In the digital era, the cybersecurity landscape faces an unprecedented challenge from adversarial attacks, which manipulate data and machine-learning (ML) algorithms to undermine security systems. These sophisticated threats pose significant risks across various sectors and…

A Framework for Evaluating National Cybersecurity Strategies

As governments seek to confront today’s complex and evolving threat landscape, they are experimenting with distinct approaches to safeguarding national cybersecurity. This webinar compares seven key countries’ national cybersecurity strategies to determine the most effective…

Is Cyberspace Becoming More Defensible and Resilient?

For over 50 years, the advantages in cyberspace have favored attackers, not defenders. Until the publication of the “U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy” in 2023, it was never a goal to shift that advantage.  Cyber defense…

Events

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18th Annual Homeland Security Week

Join the Homeland Security community March 25-26 in the Washington, DC area for IDGA’s 18th iteration of the Homeland Security Week Summit, where leading experts and key decision-makers from DHS, DOJ, local law enforcement, and…

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Emerging & Disruptive Technology for Defense 2025

Modernizing capability across battle areas calls for agility and the establishment of partnerships between military, industry, start-ups, international counterparts, and academia. The Emerging & Disruptive Technology (EDT) for Defense Conference will allow just that, bridging…

Soldiers from the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, track an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) threat during a scenario as part of Black Dart 18 on Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana.

AOC 2024 International Symposium & Convention

From the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza to warfare in the Red Sea and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the geopolitical situation is increasingly hostile, and tensions are increasing worldwide. Whether a nation-state is monitoring borders…