The House Homeland Security Committee is urging the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) – a component of the Department of Homeland Security – to develop an “adaptive” cybersecurity posture to combat evolving threats. […]

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is in the process of making sweeping cuts across the Federal government workforce and program landscape, but its impact on the Department of Defense (DoD) – particularly on cybersecurity efforts – remains unclear. […]

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill on Saturday that would fund Federal agencies through Sept. 30, setting up a vote on the bill to avoid a government shutdown. The six-month funding bill largely tracks with fiscal year 2024 spending levels, with some notable exceptions that impact technology and cybersecurity. […]

The Trump administration is determined to mount offensive cyber operations to combat escalating threats from China, a leading House Republican said on March 5. […]

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced several cybersecurity and technology bills during a Tuesday afternoon markup, sending the legislation to the full House for further consideration. […]

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering expanding a ban on preventing all foreign-born nationals from adversarial nations from working in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) 17 national labs, citing risks of espionage.   […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended this week that the U.S. Coast Guard update its oversight standards and cybersecurity protections for vessels and facilities within maritime transportation system (MTS) which include waterways, ports, and land connections. […]

The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee quickly found a flashpoint – Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk – during its inaugural hearing today, with subcommittee Republicans hailing DOGE aims and Democratic members calling for the removal of “Musk and his hackers.”  […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Cybersecurity Service Provider team has introduced Endguard, a 24/7 endpoint detection and monitoring service designed to bolster cyber defense efforts for its strategic partners. […]

Witnesses at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Thursday called for putting in place improved identity authentication measures for unemployment insurance (UI) programs as a way to cut down on UI program fraud.    […]

Implementing zero trust security architectures promises a wealth of benefits, but government agencies can only realize them if they’ve taken the necessary foundational steps, a Pentagon cybersecurity expert said on Thursday.   […]

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, raised concerns during a committee hearing today that President Trump’s hiring freeze could worsen the growing cybersecurity workforce gap in the Federal government and get in the way of ongoing efforts to address the critical shortage. […]

Long-time Federal government IT and cybersecurity leader Karen Evans has returned to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a senior advisor in the agency’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) component, DHS confirmed to MeriTalk. […]

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has reintroduced legislation that would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to update Federal acquisition policies so that all federal contractors are required to implement vulnerability disclosure policies (VDPs) that comply with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines.   […]

Think-tank panelists at a Jan. 29 Congressional Internet Caucus Academy event talked about possible avenues for artificial intelligence development and Federal cybersecurity improvements during the 119th Congress.   […]

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., a leading voice on cybersecurity issues in Congress, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026. […]

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is asking President Trump to put in place a strong chief information officer (CIO) at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the agency’s IT and cybersecurity functions.    […]

Legacy privileged access management (PAM) solutions, rooted in a perimeter-centric security model, can become security liabilities for Federal agencies. In an interview with MeriTalk, James Scobey, chief information security officer (CISO), Keeper Security, discussed his recent move to Keeper from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal agencies’ progress toward zero trust security architectures, and why modern PAM solutions are a foundational element of zero trust.   […]

From overturning numerous Federal workforce policy pillars to canceling a well-regarded executive order about how the government should approach artificial intelligence technologies, the new Trump administration has been issuing a small blizzard of more than two dozen executive orders since taking office on Monday that are sweeping away numerous orders issued by President Biden during his term in office. […]

President Biden’s latest cybersecurity-themed executive order issued today aims to engineer security improvements in at least a dozen major areas, with Federal agency systems, cloud services, and software emerging as prominent topics on an exhaustive list of security policy items. […]

Increasing numbers of spyware firms are popping up around the globe and more nations are turning to their cyber tools, warned National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Director Michael Casey.  […]

The National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is asking for feedback on an updated risk management framework draft that will steer the future of the agency’s ransomware prevention guidance.   […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Jan. 10 report on adoption of the agency’s cross-sector cyber performance goals that finds four critical infrastructure sectors are seeing decreased cyber threats since putting the performance goals in place.   […]

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is calling on the incoming Trump administration to prioritize workforce development, cybersecurity, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technology within the Intelligence Community (IC). […]

Science fiction is no longer just fiction – it’s reality – as policymakers look to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for advice on how to make brain-signal-powered computer chips ethical and safe. According to the watchdog, it’s going to require handing consumers control of their brain signal data and ramping up data privacy.  […]

National Cyber Director (NCD) Harry Coker used a Jan. 7 farewell address prior to the new Trump administration taking office to recap his office’s work on range of security initiatives since 2021, and to urge the incoming administration and Congress to push over the finish line his office’s long-sought goal of achieving “harmonization” of Federal cybersecurity regulations. […]

The White House on Tuesday launched the long-awaited U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for wireless internet of things (IoT) devices marketed to consumers. […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today released cybersecurity performance goals that the agency said will help to protect the information technology and product design sectors from cyber threats.   […]

A bicameral pair of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Treasury Department following a China state-sponsored breach of some of the department’s sensitive systems. […]