August 2021 Senate report on federal cybersecurity: Since 2019, “Seven agencies made minimal improvements, and only DHS managed to employ an effective cybersecurity regime for 2020.” Read the full report, #FromtheCyberVault: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/24610…

Joint CISA/FBI/NSA advisory warns of "increased use of Conti ransomware in more than 400 attacks on U.S. and international organizations," including healthcare and first responder networks. Read more #fromtheCyberVault: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/24735…

Just last month, the U.S. GAO released a new report on the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by federal agencies which identifies how agencies used FRT last year and how they plan to expand that use through 2023. Check out the full report: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/24611…

TOMORROW: Want to learn how you can supercharge your cyber policy research with FOIA'd docs? Interested in filing your first FOIA request but not sure how? Receive these tips and more at our #CyberWeek webinar! Register today: gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Find out more about the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC)! The JCDC is a new public-private partnership focused on identifying and protecting U.S. critical infrastructure or national interests from malicious cyber activity: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/24613…

In July, a joint cybersecurity advisory composed of the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, @CyberGovAU and NCSC UK released a report highlighting the top 30 software vulnerabilities and the fragile state of patch management. Read the report here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/25228…

"Digital connectivity is already central to our daily lives, but it is also the foundation on which our future lives –lives we cannot yet imagine –are currently being built." -- Strategic Intent Statement for the ONCD Read more #FromtheCyberVault: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/26854…

Right before the 2020 elections, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a graphic novel on the dangers of dis- and misinformation campaigns. “Real Fake” details the complicated and decentralized nature of troll farms. Read the comic here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/25229…

NEW: Declassified USEUCOM AARs document BALTIC GHOST, "a multi-day, multi-nation series of workshops and table-top activities that directly support the U.S. European Command in its mission to deter Russia and support NATO." READ MORE: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

.@clairegharvey and my latest for National Security Archive - The Capitol Riot: A Chronology, which is one of the most detailed timelines out there, as far as I know - and one that we will continue to add to. nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/foia/2022…

NEW: Cyber and the Insurrection, One Year Later - "While the Internet played a large role in the planning and execution of the riot, as well as creating various cybersecurity risks, it also enormously facilitated subsequent investigations." Read more: nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/cyber-vau…

On Nov. 4, 2021, BISgov amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding four entities to the Entity List, which have been identified as acting contrary to the foreign policy & national security interests of the US. Learn more here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/27307…

TODAY: As conflict between Russia and Ukraine accelerates, @NSSC, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and NSA Cyber release a new joint threat advisory on new malware, Cyclops Blink, attributed to GRU's Sandworm actor. Read more: nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/27515…

As the NATO Response Force is activated for the first time in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, read FOIA-derived reports that highlight how US forces collaborate with NATO in annual cyber exercise, BALTIC GHOST. Read here: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…

Easterly sees CISA-FBI progress in declassifying intelligence on Ukraine threats, opportunities for industry collaboration dlvr.it/SMbcWQ

Check out the updated Cyber Vault Library -- now with over 4,000 primary documents, fully searchable, on a wide range of cybersecurity issues! nsarchive.gwu.edu/project/cyber-…

Check our UPDATED cyber timeline of the war in Ukraine (as of Nov 20) -- now over 140 pages! Check the National Security Archive's Cyber Vault - Ukraine page: nsarchive.gwu.edu/project/ukrain…

#Ukraine watchers -- check out our updated Ukraine #cyber page with new documentary resources and an expanded timeline (now over 155 pages): nsarchive.gwu.edu/project/ukrain…

New resources just added to our Ukraine Cyber Project page -- government and industry reports plus our detailed timeline of the cyber aspects of the war in Ukraine (now up to 280 pages). More to come! nsarchive.gwu.edu/project/ukrain…

Check out our fully updated timeline of cyber events and themes from the war in Ukraine -- now over 290 pages: nsarchive.gwu.edu/project/ukrain…