CyberScoop reports that House lawmakers have been urged by IT, banking, and oil and natural gas industry representatives to streamline cybersecurity regulations amid the presence of duplicative, inconsistent, and conflicting rules.
U.S. sanctions imposed against Russian state-backed hacktivist operation Cyber Army of Russia Reborn's leader Yuliya Pankratova and primary hacker Denis Degtyarenko for their involvement in critical infrastructure cyberattacks were dismissed by Russia's embassy in the U.S.
While regulations are unpopular in the business community, we can’t afford any more days like last Friday when airlines, hospitals and many other critical businesses went down.
Recorded Future threat intelligence analyst Allan Liska questioned the lack of materiality determined by Brookfield Business Partners considering the extent of the incident.
Major security software provider Kaspersky has disclosed plans to gradually cease its U.S. operations beginning July 20, nearly a month after the U.S. Department of Commerce prohibited the sales and import of Kaspersky-branded software.
Cyber spending requests should consider the recently issued critical infrastructure national security memorandum, according to a memo issued by Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr.
Under the legislation, the National Cyber Director would be mandated to establish a committee joined by the chief of the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, federal regulatory agency leaders, and other government heads.