Tim Starks

Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. Email Tim here: tim.starks@cyberscoop.com.

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Circa Resort & Casino on January 25, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event focused on Trump’s first week in office, including his proposed policy to eliminate taxes on tips for service industry employees. (Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images)

Trump pauses on grants, aid leaves federal cyber programs in state of confusion

Policy

Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., and ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speak to one another during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Removal of Cyber Safety Review Board members sparks alarm from cyber pros, key lawmaker

Policy

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Friday. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Noem: No anti-disinformation, misinformation action under her as DHS secretary

Government

U.S. President Joe Biden and then-Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Biden cyber executive order gets mostly plaudits, but its fate is uncertain

Government

Jack Cable, who is departing his role as CISA’s senior technical adviser, speaks at an event. (Photo courtesy of Jack Cable)

A CISA secure-by-design guru makes the case for the future of the initiative

Policy

Andriy Onufriyenko, via Getty Images

Bipartisan cloud study recommends speeding federal adoption, or remain vulnerable on cyber

AI

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

CIA nominee tells Senate he, too, wants to go on cyber offense

Government

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a pen bearing his signature during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Second Biden cyber executive order directs agency action on fed security, AI, space

Government

Donald Trump — (Graphic by Emma Whitehead / Photo: Gage Skidmore)

Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea

Cybersecurity