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The Department of Homeland Security is actively investigating a cyberattack that recently compromised its Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN).  The network is an information sharing platform used by federal, state, local, and private-sector partners, specifically to share sensitive but unclassified data amongst the government and internationally.

According to an initial report, an unidentified threat actor orchestrated the intrusion between late May and early June.  Investigators indica

CISA issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01, Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to evolve the approach to vulnerability management and keeping pace with threat activity.  The directive establishes a CISA managed catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities and requires federal civilian agencies to identify and remediate these vulnerabilities on their information systems.

Although BOD 22-01 requires action from federal civilian agencies only, CISA strongly re

The Department of Homeland Security released a National Terrorism Advisory System

Bulletin on 18 July 2019.

It updates The National Terrorism Advisory System, or NTAS, a tool designed to communicate information about terrorist threats by providing timely, detailed information to the public.  There are now three primary notifications: Bulletins, Elevated Alerts and Imminent Alerts.  NTAS “Bulletins” provide information describing broader or more general trends and current developments regarding t