Riotta is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. He earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he served as 2021 class president. His reporting has appeared in NBC News, Nextgov/FCW, Newsweek Magazine, The Independent and more.
A top official from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Thursday the agency is planning to review updated federal implementation plans and ensure agencies are aligning with zero trust security objectives and addressing any funding gaps or technical challenges.
The United States Justice Department is coordinating its cybercrime defense mission under a new strategic approach released Wednesday that aims to enhance the collection of electronic evidence, bolster international collaboration and focus on disrupting significant cybercrime actors.
Experts told Information Security Media Group the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s flagship threat sharing initiative faces major logistical hurdles and may need to be replaced with a more mature approach to automated threat analysis following a damning Inspector General report.
The International Counter Ransomware Initiative is kicking off a four-day summit Monday in Washington that aims to coordinate the group’s 68 member nations around a series of global efforts designed to enhance information sharing and develop strategies to deter ransomware attacks.
A group of leading organizations across industries and technology giants is calling on lawmakers in the United States to develop focused regulations around artificial intelligence that limit the risks associated with emerging technologies while allowing innovation to flourish.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is calling for longer, randomized passwords instead of memorized phrases containing combinations of upper and lowercase letters in new guidance that aims to modernize current password practices across the public and private sectors.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency unveiled a new toolkit Wednesday aimed at improving school responses to anonymous threats of violence, as the agency kicked off a two-day summit focusing on school security amid increasing threats targeting school systems nationwide.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a series of law enforcement actions targeting companies the commission said is using deceptive artificial intelligence practices to defraud consumers, from promising "AI lawyers" to generating countless fake reviews.
Adam Meyers, senior vice president for counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, told lawmakers Tuesday the company suffered a global outage in July after its decade-old validation and testing processes failed to identify an "unexpected discrepancy" in the updated threat detection configurations.
The White House is proposing new regulations on connected vehicles that would prohibit manufacturers from importing software or hardware from the People's Republic of China and Russia, citing an ever-increasing threat landscape and heightened national security risks.
The United States is preparing for an age of quantum computing as federal agencies roll out initiatives designed to boost "quantum readiness" and as experts warn the government may face issues that delay its ability to defend against a future of advanced threats enabled by the emerging technology.
Microsoft warned the Kremlin is targeting the 2024 presidential election campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris with its wide-ranging election interference operations. Russian groups likely aligned with the Kremlin have shifted their focus to the Harris campaign in recent months.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday published a report detailing how the largest social media and streaming services surveil both users and nonusers across the web while collecting vast troves of data, pointing to significant privacy concerns for children and teens.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday the bureau seized control of a Chinese-developed botnet that maintained access to thousands of compromised devices across the globe as part of an effort to launch widespread disruptive cyberattacks. The botnet is a Mirai variant.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released a new plan to further align federal cybersecurity operations that experts say will likely face significant implementation roadblocks due to a lack of funding, leadership buy-in and technical resources.
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