Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
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Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
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Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halcyon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware research center. Kaiser left the FBI last week after 20 years, serving most recently as deputy assistant director leading the bureau’s cyber policy, intelligence and engagement branch and eight years…
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Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland
U.S. ports are vital to the flow of imports and exports; however, the entire maritime transportation system’s cybersecurity is exceedingly vulnerable. The August 2024 ransomware attack at the Port of Seattle resulted in significant cargo delays and a data breach of 90,000 individuals. Such a wide-scale incursion could have resulted in a longer loss of…
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Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law
A bipartisan pair of senators are kicking off the race Wednesday to reauthorize a 2015 cyber threat information sharing law, a move that industry groups and cyber experts are eager to see happen before it’s set to expire in September. Advocates say the 10-year-old Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been vital to sharing threat information…
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Trump’s ‘preparedness’ executive order would shift cyber defense burden where it doesn’t belong, experts say
Many cyber experts are panning a new Trump administration executive order that would shift more responsibilities for responding to cyberattacks to state and local governments, saying it will leave states holding the bag for a job they aren’t best equipped to handle. The executive order, issued last week, is entitled “Achieving Efficiency Through State and…
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A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and advocates are prepping to push Congress for renewal
A push is gearing up to renew an expiring 10-year-old cybersecurity law that was viewed at its initial passage as the most significant cybersecurity legislation Congress had ever passed, and that advocates say now fosters several important threat-sharing initiatives. The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act provides safeguards for companies that voluntarily share threat intelligence data…