On September 24th, 2019, Senate Bill S.315 aka the “DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019” was passed unanimously. The legislation seeks to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, authorizing DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) to permanently operate cyber hunt and incident response teams that can aid federal […]
On September 8th, 2018, Marriott received an alert from an internal security tool in what would be the start of one of the worst data breaches of 2018. After disclosing the breach, which affected approximately 383 million victims, shares fell 5.6% and Marriott is now facing a class-action lawsuit. Although it is too soon to […]
The United States government now has an official cybersecurity agency with the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill that Trump signed into law on November 16th, 2018 changes the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) into a standalone agency, moving it out from under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). […]
