Red Alert: How a Federal Branch’s Cyber Defense Crumbled Under SILENTSHIELD’s Siege

Federal cyber ninjas played ‘gotcha’ with the FCEB’s digital defenses. Spoiler: they won. In a no-holds-barred cyber rumble, CISA’s SILENTSHIELD red team went full ninja on vulnerabilities and lackluster log love. Read on for the digital dojo’s breakdown and how to not get virtually KO’d.

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Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)! They've just handed out a cybersecurity report card, and let's just say some folks might be staying after class for extra credit. It's like watching a digital game of hide-and-seek, except the red team is 'it' for eternity, and the blue team is still tying its shoelaces. This is the kind of test where if you score below an A, you're not just grounded—you're hacked.

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