Security News

White House Says It's Been 'Very Tough' on Russia
2018-02-21 14:33

Russia's US Election Interference: Trump Administration Defends ResponseAfter a U.S. indictment charged Russians with running a troll factory that interfered in U.S. elections, groups tracking...

Cybersecurity Plagued by Insufficient Data: White House
2018-02-19 03:16

Cyberattacks Are Costly, and Things Could Get Worse: US Report Cyberattacks cost the United States between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016, a White House report said Friday, warning of a...

Memo to the White House: Forget the 5G Moonshot
2018-01-30 11:33

Private Sector Already Has Sufficient Incentives To Build Secure Mobile SystemsThe White House, fearing China is spying on phone calls, has suggested that the U.S. government take a primary role...

White House Blames North Korea for Cyberattack
2017-12-19 18:07

The White House on Tuesday publicly accused North Korea of launching a massive cyberattack that hit 150 countries last May -- hobbling networks from Britain's public health system to FedEx. read more

New White House Announcement on the Vulnerability Equities Process
2017-11-17 12:02

The White House has released a new version of the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP). This is the inter-agency process by which the US government decides whether to inform the software vendor...

White House Unveils New Rules on Divulging IT Security Flaws
2017-11-17 08:18

A report on new White House rules on when to disclose cybersecurity vulnerabilities to software vendors leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, storing passcodes in clothing.

White House Releases VEP Disclosure Rules
2017-11-16 19:19

The White House released a charter document on Wednesday outlining how the U.S. government will disclose cyber security flaws and when it will keep them secret.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's Cell Phone was Tapped
2017-10-09 11:10

Politico reports that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's cell phone was compromised back in December. I know this is news because of who he is, but I hope every major government official of...

Qualys helps federal agencies address requirements of White House EO on cybersecurity (Help Net Security)
2017-06-14 12:30

The FedRAMP-certified Qualys Cloud Platform now supports the requirements laid out in the 2017 White House Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical...