Stewards of Mission Risk: The Evolving Role of the Authorizing Officials (AO)

Government and Industry Cooperation: More Important Than Ever for Cybersecurity Awareness

Biden Orders Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Initiative

Wyoming Takes a Holistic Approach in Cybersecurity Standards for Businesses, Expanding Connections, and Creating Jobs

New Executive Order Knocks Down Old Barriers

More Federal Cyber Tools Doesn’t Equal Better Security

President Biden Holds a Press Conference Following Geneva Summit

Biden Signs Executive Order for Nation’s Cybersecurity

U.S. Launching “Cyber Task Force” After Massive Attack

Cybersecurity Legislation and Education

Author(s):

Dr. Ray A. Letteer, DSc, Former Director, Operations Risk Assessment, Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer Former CISO/Authorizing Official (AO), United States Marine Corps

Henry J. Sienkiewicz, Faculty, Former CIO, DISA, Georgetown and George Washington Universities

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Chuck Brooks, President , Brooks Consulting International

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Dr. Scott Jasper, Senior Lecturer, Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired, Naval Postgraduate School

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Evan Corcoran, Founder, Tracing Buffalo News

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

James Everett Lee, Chief Operating Officer, The Identity Theft Resource Center

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Colby Proffitt, Cybersecurity Strategist, Netskope

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Lauren Abshire, Director of Content Strategy, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Lauren Abshire, Director of Content Strategy, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Stefan Maraj, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Cybersecurity & Government

Author(s):

Pratik Kirve, ,

From the Spring 2026 Issue

Introduction In a harsh misrepresentation, organizational Authorizing Officials (AO) are often thought of as an obstacle or simply a bureaucratic signature – a roadblock to progress. Reality intrudes. Reality should intrude. The reality is that … Read more

From the Fall 2022 Issue

With another National Cybersecurity Awareness Month upon us, few major things have changed from the past year in terms of threats. As the capabilities and connectivity of cyber devices have grown, so have the cyber … Read more

From the Fall 2021 Issue

President Biden signed an Executive Order in May 2021 to improve the Nation’s cybersecurity. It claims the United States “faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector [and] the private … Read more

From the Fall 2021 Issue

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for companies of all sizes, so the public, private and non-profit sectors in Wyoming are teaming up to defend against cyber-attacks. As the critical assaults on American infrastructure via the … Read more

From the Summer 2021 Issue

Southwest Airlines (SWA), Flight 1380, was climbing through 32,000 feet on the morning of April 17, 2018. At approximately 11:03 am, fan blade No. 13 of the left engine shattered along a previously undetected stress … Read more

More Federal Cyber Tools Doesn't Equal Better Security

From the Summer 2021 Issue

Do you know how many security tools your agency has? A new survey finds nearly half of federal cybersecurity managers say their agency has between 11 and 25 security tools in their toolkit. But few … Read more

Biden Holds Press Conference Addressing Cybersecurity

President Biden held a Press Conference following his meeting at the Geneva Summit with Vladimir Putin. During the Press Conference, President Biden briefly explained the various topics covered by himself and Vladimir Putin. President Biden … Read more

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity and to protect Federal Government Networks. After a string of cyber-attacks against the U.S. Federal Government, most recently … Read more

Early in March, 2021, we saw an “unusually aggressive” attack on companies in the U.S. The attack, first reported by Brian Krebs on March 5, 2021, led to hackers gaining access to at least 30,000 … Read more

« April 2026 »

The increase of data breaches and cyber-attacks have pushed governments to take different measures to tighten the cybersecurity. There are numerous methods and techniques regarding hacking, and these practices are always evolving. Therefore, governments need … Read more

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