Microsoft, CISA and NSA offer security tools and advice, but will you take it?

Microsoft offers to help you with patching Exchange servers, CISA offers an insider threat tool, and together with the NSA they offer advice on how to choose and harden your VPN. These initiatives from major parties aim to help organizations assess and manage their security needs. But will they...

Rob Joyce to Take Over as NSA Cybersecurity Director

As the incoming Biden administration continues to shake up federal leadership, the National Security Agency announced Friday that Rob Joyce, who is currently serving at the U.S. Embassy in London, was named to lead its cybersecurity division. Joyce will inherit the job from Anne Neuberger, who wi...

NSA Cybersecurity Directorate Releases 2020 Year in Review

The National Security Agency NSA Cybersecurity Directorate has released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining key milestones and mission outcomes achieved during NSA Cybersecurity’s first full year of existence. Highlights include NSA Cybersecurity’s contributions to the 2020 elections, Operation Wa...

NSA on Authentication Hacks (Related to SolarWinds Breach)

The NSA has published an advisory outlining how "malicious cyber actors" are "are manipulating trust in federated authentication environments to access protected data in the cloud." This is related to the SolarWinds hack I have previously written about, and represents one of the techniques the SV...

NSA Releases Cybersecurity Advisory on Detecting Abuse of Authentication Mechanisms

The National Security Agency NSA has released a cybersecurity advisory on detecting abuse of authentication mechanisms. This advisory describes tactics, techniques, and procedures used by malicious cyber actors to access protected data in the cloud and provides guidance on defending against and...