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NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions
The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures CVEs listed in its National Vulnerability Database NVD, stating it will only enrich those that fulfil certain conditions owing to an explosion in CVE...
CISA Releases Guidance on Switching to Modern Auth in Exchange Online before October 1
CISA has released guidance on switching from Basic Authentication “Basic Auth” in Microsoft Exchange Online to Modern Authentication "Modern Auth" before Microsoft begins permanently disabling Basic Auth on October 1, 2022. Basic Auth is a legacy authentication method that does not support...
CISA Releases Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Guidance Documents for Public Comment
CISA has released draft versions of two guidance documents—along with a request for comment RFC—that are a part of the recently launched Secure Cloud Business Applications SCuBA project: Secure Cloud Business Applications SCuBA Technical Reference Architecture TRA Extensible Visibility Reference...
CISA’s Zero Trust Guidance for Enterprise Mobility Available for Public Comment
CISA has released a draft version of Applying Zero Trust Principles to Enterprise Mobility for public comment. The paper guides federal agencies as they evolve and operationalize cybersecurity programs and capabilities, including cybersecurity for mobility. The public comment period will close...
US Government sets forth Zero Trust architecture strategy and requirements
To help protect the United States from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the White House issued Executive Order EO 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which requires US Federal Government organizations to take action to strengthen national cybersecurity.1 Section 3 of EO 14028...
US Government sets forth Zero Trust architecture strategy and requirements
To help protect the United States from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the White House issued Executive Order EO 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which requires US Federal Government organizations to take action to strengthen national cybersecurity.1 Section 3 of EO 14028...
New Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks
The White House, via Executive Order EO 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, tasked CISA, as the operational lead for federal cybersecurity, to “develop a standard set of operational procedures i.e., playbook to be used in planning and conducting cybersecurity vulnerability and incident...
Learn how Microsoft strengthens IoT and OT security with Zero Trust
As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and relentless, the need for Cybersecurity Awareness Month becomes more urgent every year. As part of our year-round commitment to security for all, Microsoft continues to track numerous incidents targeting both digital and physical operations for many...
3 steps to prevent and recover from ransomware
On July 14, 2021, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence1 NCCoE at the National Institute of Standards and Technology2 NIST hosted a virtual workshop3 to seek feedback from government and industry experts on practical approaches to preventing and recovering from ransomware and other...
Microsoft and NIST collaborate on EO to drive Zero Trust adoption
2020s Nobelium attack sent shock waves through both government and private sectors. 2021 has already seen large-scale nation-state attacks such as Hafnium1 alongside major ransomware attacks2 on critical infrastructure. The breadth and boldness of these attacks show that, far from being deterred,...