Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.
As advances lower the barrier to breaking current encryption, Washington must move with equal urgency on post-quantum defenses.
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A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could crack widely used forms of encryption protecting sensitive digital information globally. (Getty Images) Commentary -
US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. The Trump administration has been moving to regulate AI models for cybersecurity use. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Government Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?
The messy approach to U.S. AI regulation reflects both the rapid speed of model cyber capabilities and the White House’s “education” over the past two years, experts said.
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(Getty Images) Uncategorized Don’t just fight fraud, hunt it
As traditional fraud markers become obsolete, we must treat digital identity as critical infrastructure and adopt a layered, real-time defense to neutralize sophisticated crime rings.
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(Getty Images) Government We’ve seen ransomware cost American lives. Here’s what it will actually take to stop it.
Hackers have cut their attack timelines from weeks to hours while the government spreads resources too thin. We need to stop pretending we can protect everything and start focusing on what would hurt us most.
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Nauval Wildani, iStock/Getty Images Plus Policy Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt
Hiring freezes, budget cuts and more are raising questions about the future of CyberCorps.
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President Donald Trump signs a series of bills during an event in the East Room of the White House on June 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Commentary New White House cyber executive order pushes rules as code
Organizations must turn Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) into executable pipelines, a Microsoft security product manager argues.
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Christopher Krebs, former CISA director, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Government Trump signs order stripping Chris Krebs of security clearance
The executive order also eliminates security clearances for SentinelOne employees.
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The White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images) Commentary 5 cyber issues the next presidential administration needs to prioritize immediately
The next administration must do better on cyber than previous ones, two experts behind a new McCrary Institute and Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 report argue.
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Former President Donald Trump gives a speech on tax reform at the Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club Meeting at a hotel in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Cybercrime Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data
A politically-oriented cybercrime group carried out the attack in response to Heritage’s Project 2025.
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Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) looks on as ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 30. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Technology Microsoft’s Brad Smith should prepare for ‘ritual punishment’ before House hearing
Some experts are doubtful the Homeland Security Committee testimony and questioning of Microsoft chief Brad Smith will lead to significant change.