Sophie McDowall

Sophie McDowall is a research associate at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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A aide holds a binder as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing titled “A Review of the President’s FY2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security,” in Dirksen building on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

CyberCorps is adapting to AI. The budget isn’t keeping up.

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