House Passes SBA Cyber Security Act

The House unanimously passed H.R. 3462, the SBA Cyber Security Awareness Act, in early November, sending it to the Senate for approval.

"The SBA will be required to conduct an annual assessment of IT equipment and cybersecurity capabilities, and provide Congress a detailed account of any cyber security risk," said Rep.

CMMC is dead! Long Live CMMC 2.0!

CMMC is dead! Long Live CMMC 2.0! There was a major security-related announcement from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment of the Department of Defense (DoD) today. The DoD released an overview of its plans moving forward for the CMMC program.

Top Industries Attacked in 2021

According to cybersecurity researchers at Digital Shadows, businesses within the industrial goods & services sector have been the top targets of ransomware attacks in the first three quarters of 2021.

As supply chain issues, which have existed since early in the pandemic, continue at a grueling pace, cybercriminals have exacerbated the issue by attacking companies that cannot stretch their bottom line, giving a higher possibility of ransom payment.

US Launches Cyber Offensive

The United States launched an offensive in its war against cybercrime last month as they successfully hacked Russian hacking group REvil, taking their servers and leak blogs offline.

The group was responsible for the attack on Colonial Pipeline last Spring, which used encryption software named "DarkSide.

MIT Launches Bionics Center

MIT announced last month that a $24 million gift to MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research from philanthropist Lisa Yang will help establish the "K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience," a bionics center that aims to expand the efficiency and deliverability of bionic prosthetics to those who suffer from a broad range of physical disabilities.