The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has unveiled a draft cyber incident disclosure rule created under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act that would mandate organizations part of the 16 designated critical infrastructure sectors to report ransomware incidents and payments within a 72-hour and 24-hour period, respectively, according to CyberScoop.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Idaho and Montana resident Scott Rhodes was fined $9.9 million for conducting thousands of "illegal and malicious" robocalls, or automated phone calls, with disturbing pre-recorded messages across the U.S., BleepingComputer reports.
Severely lacking military coordination and recruitment for U.S. cybersecurity efforts have prompted the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to urge Congress to immediately advance an independent Cyber Force that would ensure the country's cyber defense readiness, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Jason Healey comes on the show to discuss new ideas on whether the new national cybersecurity strategy is working.
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Health providers across the U.S. impacted by cyberattacks would be able to receive advanced payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as long as they meet minimum cybersecurity standards under new legislation introduced by Senate Cybersecurity Caucus co-chair Mark Warner, D-Va., according to CyberScoop.
