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House to vote on revised bill reauthorizing state and local cyber grant program

The House is scheduled to vote this week on a closely watched bill to reauthorize a popular state and local cyber grant program run by CISA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with a ...
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Former top official Greene doubles down on CISA’s role as cyber defense agency, amid agency cuts under Noem

Jeff Greene, a senior cyber official under the Biden administration, reviews CISA's efforts in a recent essay as the nation's cyber defense agency, while recognizing the major changes Trump officials ...
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The Week Ahead: Aspen Cyber Summit returns to DC; FCC takes up Salt Typhoon rulemaking

The annual Aspen Cyber Summit is on Tuesday . The agenda kicks off with a keynote conversation between Cairncross and Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia on the ...
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CISA emphasizes work with telecom community in response to Wyden criticism over unreleased report

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responded to criticism from Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mark Warner (D-VA) over a 2022 unpublished report on telecom security by highlighting CISA’s ...
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Palo Alto Networks outlines policy roadmap for secure AI by design, in alignment with White House initiatives

Palo Alto Networks is working to ensure artificial intelligence is built with secure by design principles through a policy roadmap outlining their plans and connections to Trump administration ...
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Economic security task force emphasizes cyber attacks in U.S. race to take advantage of AI, quantum computing

“For the purposes of this report, the primary objective of U.S. economic security is to ensure American leadership in foundational technologies. Specifically, to generate actionable recommendations, ...
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Dell’s Stempfley emphasizes role of MS-ISAC, amid CISA strategic shift in work with state and local partners

Bobbie Stempfley of Dell Technologies emphasized the importance of CISA in a recent essay of continuing to provide intelligence to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, following ...
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CISA, FBI update guidance on ransomware threat impacting small businesses

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published joint guidance with the FBI and other partners providing new details on Akira ransomware, an evolving threat actor targeting small ...
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NIST extends comment period for CUI publication to January, allowing time for more input after government shutdown

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is giving stakeholders an additional two months to provide comments on a draft publication focused on controlled unclassified information, in an ...
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Consumer tech group anticipates next steps in IoT cyber labeling program following FCC review

The Federal Communications Commission will put out a public notice “relatively soon” asking for comment on proposed technical requirements for the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, according to the ...
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Former CISA SBOM official previews new Hardware Bill of Materials effort in planning stages

Allan Friedman, a leader on Software Bill of Materials, is starting a new initiative to build a multistakeholder process for Hardware Bill of Materials based at the Institute for Security and ...