Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)
The national cyber director is pitching an approach that blends cyber operations with diplomacy, law enforcement and pressure on CEOs to shore up their organizations.
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce committee, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 11, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A House committee reauthorized an Energy Department program that funnels hundreds of millions of dollars and cybersecurity assistance to rural electric utilities.
Gharun Lacy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Cyber and Technology Security Directorate at the Department of State, issued a challenge for cybersecurity defenders at CyberTalks, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2026. (James Kim / EPNAC)
A healthcare worker tends to a patient on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit of Baptist Health Floyd on September 7, 2021 in New Albany, Indiana. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
A binding operational directive issued Thursday looks to combat an attack pathway that has been behind some of the biggest attacks and most common exploits in recent…