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State governments can apply for funding through the Small Business Administration's Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program to support small business cybersecurity across the United States.

In Episode 9 of The Cybersecurity and Geopolitical Podcast, Ian Thornton-Trump, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cyjax, and Gareth Corfield, Security and Legal Correspondent at The Register, review the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and discuss the ongoing “cyber war” in the region.

The Department of Homeland Security sent a memo warning of a potential Russian cyberattack on U.S. entities as the situation with Ukraine escalates. Cybersecurity experts weigh in on how enterprise security leaders should prepare.

A new security partnership between King’s College and the Defense Academy of the U.K. will deliver academic support to command and staff provision at the Defense Academy and the Royal College of Defense Studies from September 2022.

National Security Agency Chief of Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy Greg Bednarski offers insight into the implications of President Biden's latest cybersecurity memorandum.

The South Coast Cyber Center will open in Beaufort, South Carolina, thanks to a partnership between the city government, the University of South Carolina Beaufort and the center.

Andrew Myerberg, former Director of Seattle's Office of Police Accountability, has been named the city's new Director of Public Safety.

Baxter Kruger, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, has been named the new Director of the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security.

Members of the National Guard in multiple U.S. states have been dispatched to health facilities during the COVID-19 case surge.

Enterprise security executives generally don’t plan for nation-state-level cyberattacks on their businesses. That may change going forward, when analyzing new trends in hacking and cybersecurity.