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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 29: (L-R) U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, CEO of Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg, Co-Founder at Anthropic Tom Brown, U.S. President Donald Trump and David O. Sacks hold a press briefing with AI executives following a meeting on artificial intelligence, outside the West Wing of the White House on September 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. The meeting comes as some have called for a slowdown in AI development amid rising safety concerns. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senators press Trump admin to rally federal government around AI safety, security

The letter argues federal agencies should more rigorously test AI models for security threats and sandbox evasion, set new safety standards and lean into defensive AI.

3 hours ago By Derek B. Johnson

Why federal cyber defense demands an offense-driven mindset

Static checklists and annual penetration tests leave agencies with dangerous blind spots. True resilience requires moving from reactive attestation to continuous, automated validation.

Sep 8, 2026 By Anthony "TonyP" Pillitiere

This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility.

Sep 3, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

NIST wants to overhaul its vulnerability database for the AI age

NIST is seeking public input to modernize the National Vulnerability Database to keep pace with AI-driven cyber threats and machine-scale security data.

Aug 11, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

Here’s what Anthropic found when it turned Mythos loose on encryption algorithms

Claude Mythos exposed mathematical weaknesses in a post-quantum candidate and a simplified version of AES, marking a major breakthrough for AI-driven cryptanalysis.

Jul 28, 2026 By Greg Otto

A sign marks the location of the headquarters of the Department of Commerce, home of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Director of Commerce AI standards office out after three months

The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has quietly become a key hub for the federal government to assess potential threats and harms that AI systems pose.

Jul 20, 2026 By Derek B. Johnson

Found fast, fixed slow: The gap the AI clearinghouse must close

The government's new AI clearinghouse risks becoming a committee that discovers more problems than it solves — unless it's designed around patching, not just scanning.

Jul 8, 2026 By Ilona Cohen

Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication

A report from the Commerce Inspector General details how mismanagement allowed a backlog of 27,000 unprocessed security flaws to grow unchecked, while the agency duplicated work with…

May 29, 2026 By Greg Otto

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Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

As fake identity fraud is projected to cause $40 billion in losses next year, leaders must abandon static security in favor of rapid-iteration, AI-enabled defenses that adapt…

May 13, 2026 By Fernanda Sottil

The missing cybersecurity leader in small business

As AI and quantum threats target the backbone of the American economy, Washington must provide the guidance and incentives necessary for SMBs to access executive-level cyber expertise.

May 11, 2026 By Georgianna Shea Cason Smith