Christian Vasquez

Christian was a reporter for CyberScoop covering industrial cybersecurity. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector.

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Then-acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

White House seeks whole of society approach, immigration reform to boost cyber workforce

Policy

From left to right: Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Annie Fixler, director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Nate Fick, the State Department’s Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, John Sakellariadis, cybersecurity reporter at POLITICO. (FDD)

Report: Biden should prioritize cyber capacity building for allies

Policy

Overhead wire grid on train line. (Photo by Gerard Hermand/Getty Images)

Renewable technologies add risk to the US electric grid, experts warn

Threats

power plant, energy infrastructure, industrial control systems — (Getty Images)

White House plan for implementing cybersecurity strategy faces roadblocks

Policy

Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden. (UC Berkeley)

White House releases National Cybersecurity Strategy implementation plan

Policy

Then-acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

Industry groups urge White House to nominate a National Cyber Director

Policy

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft passes over The Palms in Dubai in an image taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station on April 10, 2016. (Photo by Tim Peake / ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

Growing reliance on satellites requires new approach to cybersecurity in space, expert says

Threats

Opponents of several bills targeting transgender youth attended a rally at the Alabama State House in Montgomery on March 30, 2021. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)

Hacking crew targeting states over transition bans claims cyberattack hitting global satellite systems

Cybercrime

Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023 said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had betrayed Russia, as he vowed to punish the dissidents. Prigozhin said his fighters control key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hackers attack Russian satellite telecom provider, claim affiliation with Wagner Group

Geopolitics