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rt to the Congress, with testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; 10:00 AM • Senate Judiciary Committee concludes consideration of Merrick Garland to be AG - Nominations hearing considers Merrick Garland to be Attorney General, second and final day, with testimony from external witnesses * Hear

Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and under fire by Democ

ate computer networks." Study Finds Cybercrime Rose As More Workers Went Virtual In 2020. The Washington Post (2/22, Riley, 10.52M) reports in its Cybersecurity 202 column that a new study from CrowdStrike found that "intrusions threatening organizations' cybersecurity across the globe grew 400 percent in 2

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

spotlight on combatting ransomware, actively developing plans to confront the issue." DHS has "assembled a task force with representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Secret Service, Coast Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit," ac

and Names Coley To Lead Public Affairs At DO), Sources Say. Axios (1/26, Nichols, 1.26M) reports President Biden's Attorney General-designate Judge Merrick Garland "has tapped Anthony Coley, an Obama-era Treasury Department official, to serve as a senior adviser and to lead public affairs at the Department of J

Winds hack "are still being unraveled." Vaccine Distribution Creates Cybersecurity Risks. The Washington Post (1/26, Riley, 10.52M) reports in its 'Cybersecurity 202' column that security experts and government officials are "bracing for a wave of cyberattacks targeting the coronavirus vaccine distribution p

nting aggressive efforts over the past few years to crack down on Chinese malign influence at U.S. universities." The piece quotes Attorney General Merrick Garland saying in House Appropriations testimony this week, "Well, within the last month or so, the intelligence community has identified China as a threat

spotlight on combatting ransomware, actively developing plans to confront the issue." DHS has "assembled a task force with representatives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Secret Service, Coast Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit," a

acks as the 20th anniversary of the attacks looms." The Herald adds, "GOP lawmakers in DC — along with a few Democrats - wrote to both U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray to finally go public with the intel. It could expose how out of the 19 hijackers that day, 15 of them were citize

ended to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and other national security threats." The National Risk Management Act "would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to conduct a five-year national risk management cycle." This effort "would involve CISA identifying and c

pport of and commitment to a free and independent press,' Anthony Coley, the DOJ director of public affairs and a senior adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Thursday." The Hill (5/20, Choi, 5.69M) also reports. Wray Taps Merrill As New Hawaii SAC. Hono

o be reported on." Biden Order On Software Security Gets Favorable Reception From Experts. The Washington Post (5/20, Riley, 10.52M) reports in The Cybersecurity 202 column that "the Biden administration's recent executive order mandating new software security requirements for companies that contract with th

eral lawmakers, including lone Republican Nicole Malliotakis and NY Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the `state secrets privilege' that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. Re

line." The Hill reports the Pipeline Security Act "would codify the responsibility of both the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) responsibility for securing pipelines against threats," and "also require TSA to update pipeline securit

n quickly bring the first charges they can and then add more serious charges later as the investigation unfolds. The article quoted Attorney General Merrick Garland, who, during an event at the DOJ, stated, "We will spare no resource in this investigation?' NPR (09/17, Allen) added that DeSantis questioned whet

he American project. . Aspen Institute: Beyond Chevron: 2024 Aspen Cyber Summit— Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Location: Aspen Institute, 9:00 AM. Cybersecurity intersects with every aspect of modern life, from clean drinking water to financial transactions to free and fair elections. This is a human problem

gnificantly from the bad old days of the 1990s, but it is only now returning to pre-pandemic levels. The author added that in June, Attorney General Merrick Garland greeted the latest quarterly update of available FBI statistics like a conquering hero, saying, "This data makes clear that last year's historic dec

akahama) also reported on the story. CISA, FBI Issue Alert on Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities ExecutiveGov (09/18, Petersen) reported that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have released a Secure by Design Alert concerning cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, or XSS. CISA