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In this handout provided by Amazon, a technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana on Oct. 2, 2025. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services)

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers

A hearing of the House Homeland Security panel’s cyber subcommittee weighed whether to designate data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector.
Jay Harless, director of human development and Sasha Muth, deputy director of human development at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency speak at the Workday Federal Forum presented by Scoop News Group. (Image Source: Scoop News Group)

Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul

While tech leaders think about how to strategically deploy AI tools to support human intelligence needs, rank and filers express concerns about their livelihoods.
Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia talks to the crowd at the Workday Federal Forum on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Photo by Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

Federal CIO cautious on Anthropic’s Mythos despite planned rollout

Greg Barbaccia told CyberScoop that Anthropic's Mythos shows real promise for federal cyber defense, but warns that laboratory results and live network conditions are two very different…
Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-ll., speaks during an oversight forum with Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 22, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Delia Ramirez takes over as top House cybersecurity Dem

She replaces Rep. Eric Swalwell following his resignation, giving her the position of ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: The American flag flies above the U.S. Capitol building during a press conference on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

An April 30 deadline is looming to extend expiring Section 702 powers, and the newest legislation to re-up it is drawing fire from the left and right.
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

CISA director pick Sean Plankey withdraws his nomination

Plankey had been waiting for more than a year, prompting the request to withdraw him as the one tapped to lead an agency now in further upheaval.
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