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Author: Christopher Prawdzik

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Intelligence Community Warns of Generative AI Integration in Asymmetric Cyber Operations

Intelligence Community Warns of Generative AI Integration in Asymmetric Cyber Operations

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | May 23, 2023
WASHINGTON — Senior intelligence officials and CISA analysts have released an unclassified advisory warning that foreign state-sponsored cyber adversaries and ransomware cartels are weaponizing commercial and open-source generative artif... [Read more.]

DHS Previews Priorities for Upcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

DHS Previews Priorities for Upcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

By Christopher Prawdzik | In DHS, Top411 | September 15, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has outlined strategic focus areas for the forthcoming Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, signaling a decisive shift toward combating domestic violent extremism, climate-driven supply c... [Read more.]

CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Expands Real-Time Threat Sharing with Cloud Providers

CISA Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Expands Real-Time Threat Sharing with Cloud Providers

By Christopher Prawdzik | In DHS, Top411 | March 24, 2022
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has operationalized its Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, stationing commercial cloud engineers, major internet service providers, and federal intelligence analysts s... [Read more.]

CISA Launches Shields Up Campaign to Protect Critical Infrastructure

CISA Launches Shields Up Campaign to Protect Critical Infrastructure

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | February 25, 2022
WASHINGTON — In the hours following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency initiated an unprecedented national defense mobilization dubbed "Shields Up," urging every critical asset ... [Read more.]

OMB and CISA Release Federal Zero Trust Strategy Implementation Roadmap

OMB and CISA Release Federal Zero Trust Strategy Implementation Roadmap

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | November 18, 2021
WASHINGTON — The White House Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with CISA, has published a definitive federal strategy directing civilian agencies to achieve strict Zero Trust cybersecurity architectures before the end of ... [Read more.]

Pipeline Ransomware Attack Prompts Binding TSA Cybersecurity Directives

Pipeline Ransomware Attack Prompts Binding TSA Cybersecurity Directives

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — The catastrophic ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline has spurred the Department of Homeland Security to issue unprecedented mandatory cybersecurity directives for critical oil and n... [Read more.]

TSA Expands Credential Authentication Technology and Digital ID Integration

TSA Expands Credential Authentication Technology and Digital ID Integration

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Top411, Transportation | February 24, 2021
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Transportation Security Administration has deployed more than 1,500 Credential Authentication Technology units across 125 domestic airports, marking a major transformation in how airport checkpoints verify passenger ... [Read more.]

CISA Issues Emergency Directive 21-01 Confronting Federal Supply Chain Intrusion

CISA Issues Emergency Directive 21-01 Confronting Federal Supply Chain Intrusion

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Cybersecurity, Top411 | December 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — In only the fifth emergency directive in its history, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered all federal civilian agencies to immediately disconnect and power down network instances running SolarWin... [Read more.]

DHS and CDC Implement Enhanced Biosecurity Screening at Major Ports of Entry

DHS and CDC Implement Enhanced Biosecurity Screening at Major Ports of Entry

By Christopher Prawdzik | In DHS, Top411 | February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON — As novel coronavirus outbreaks accelerate overseas, the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have begun funneling all inbound flights carrying passengers with recent travel in af... [Read more.]

Decades in Perspective: Asymmetric Threats and Diplomatic Extraction Lessons

Decades in Perspective: Asymmetric Threats and Diplomatic Extraction Lessons

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Terrorism, Top411 | October 15, 2019
Four decades following the watershed seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, counter-terrorism strategists, special operations planners, and diplomatic security directors continue to dissect the operational lessons tha... [Read more.]
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