2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (504+ words) CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse'Cyber Scoop The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government's Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year's summer internship programs due…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (373+ words) The chief information officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced his departure Tuesday, ending his nearly five-year run at CISA. Robert Costello, an 18-year veteran of the Department of Homeland Security, posted about the move on Linked In....

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (254+ words) The Office of Personnel Management plans to collaborate on a "mass deferment" for a cyber scholarship-for-service program after the government shutdown ends, a spokesman said Monday, as scholarship recipients have sounded fears about being on the hook for their schooling…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1080+ words) A landmark program that offers scholarships in exchange for federal service is threatening to saddle students with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt amid hiring freezes and budget cuts, raising questions about the future of an initiative proponents…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (289+ words) A Massachusetts man who previously pleaded guilty to a cyberattack on Power School, exposing data on tens of millions of students and teachers, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday " half the amount federal prosecutors sought in sentencing recommendations…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (268+ words) The Department of Defense is seeking to address persistent shortages in its cyber workforce by reducing the time to fill vacant cybersecurity jobs to 25 days. The target, outlined by a senior official during a recent discussion, comes as the department…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (276+ words) The top lawmakers on a key House cybersecurity panel are hoping to remove a barrier to entry for cyber jobs in the federal government. Introduced this week, the Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act from Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S. C. , and Shontel Brown,…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (320+ words) The United States Military Academy abruptly ended the appointment of Jen Easterly to a high-profile academic position in West Point's Department of Social Sciences, according to a memorandum issued Wednesday by the Secretary of the Army. On Tuesday, the academy…...