CISA Strengthens Commitment to SLTT Governments

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA announced that it has transitioned to a new model to better equip state, local, tribal, and territorial SLTT governments to strengthen shared responsibility nationwide. CISA is supporting our SLTT partners with access to grant funding,...

Cybersecurity in the Infrastructure Bill

On August 10, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 H.R.3684. The bill comes in at 2,700+ pages, provides for $1.2T in spending, and includes several cybersecurity items. We expect this legislation to become law around late September and do not expect...

Birth Certificate Data Laid Bare on the Web in Multiple States

A third-party government supplier has exposed hundreds of thousands of applications containing birth-certificate data. The trove of information is owned by a company that provides an online platform to state governments – including California, New York and Texas – that allows residents to request...

For $8.6M, Cisco Settles Suit Over Bug-Riddled Video Surveillance Software

Cisco Systems has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged it sold video security software with known security vulnerabilities to U.S. federal and state governments. The litigation, originally brought in 2011, was filed under the False Claims Act, claiming that the software...