The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will issue a directive later this week requiring all pipeline companies to report cybersecurity incidents to federal authorities. The directive comes two weeks after Colonial Pipeline, which operates the biggest gasoline conduit to the East Coast, was forced to shut down its 5,500-mile pipeline after a devastating ransomware attack.
What the COVID-19 crisis is ultimately doing to the cybersecurity industry is shining a spotlight on the cybersecurity talent shortage. What is one of the only benefits of the critical issue, it's that it has allowed many in Northern Virginia to elevate and extend a slew of innovative measures that companies and region are implementing to combat the problem. As they set out to solve the industry talent shortage, Northern Virginia found the following strategies to be impactful steps in tandem toward a solution.
The nonprofit National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) will provide focused training on missing and exploited children, correct reporting, and signs of trafficking to more than 100,000 security officers.
Recent reports of vicious attacks on the New York subway system has had residents calling for more security. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that 250 more police officers will be deployed to the subway system for added security presence.
Part of the Department of Transport Moscow, the Moscow Traffic Control Center has launched a new bike patrol that will be trained in first aid as well as record and remind motorists not to block bike and pedestrian lanes. They will also be in connection with the Situation Center at the control center if a security event or accident occurs out on the roads.
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order (EO) to improve the cybersecurity of the U.S. As the U.S. faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector, the private sector, and ultimately people’s security and privacy, the EO seeks to improve efforts to identify, deter, protect against, detect, and respond to these actions and actors. Specifically, the EO will:
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) will be a pilot site designated to develop a federal program that will improve the nation’s ability to respond to future catastrophic events.
Marco Island has installed cameras mounted on poles at each bridge leading to the island, which will scan license plates of all drivers coming and going.
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