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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are easy to underestimate. They make up a fraction—just 3.65%—of the total federal research and development budget. Their administration is decentralized across 11 federal agencies. Their individual awards have statutory limits of $305,000 for Phase I and $2 million for Phase II—modest…

(WASHINGTON) – Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) a member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, called on the U.S.…

Since mid-July, water and wastewater systems in at least 12 states have reported cyber intrusions, putting a stark new face on a vulnerability security officials have warned about for years. Iranian-linked sources on Telegram have claimed responsibility on behalf of the CyberAv3ngers, a group associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), while the FBI…