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Here’s what could happen if CISA 2015 expires next month

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act lapsing might spell disaster, experts and industry groups warn.

Aug 18, 2025 By Tim Starks

Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Senate confirms national cyber director pick Sean Cairncross

The president selected the former RNC, White House and Millennium Challenge Corporation official for the job in February.

Aug 3, 2025 By Tim Starks

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 17: U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) walks to the Senate Chambers U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Padilla has returned to the U.S. Capitol with a bigger security detail and is set to make a speech on the Senate Floor, where he will discuss his removal from a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after trying to ask a question. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement

Sen. Alex Padilla and other Democrats say the GOP is pressing inflated concerns about noncitizen voting to justify legal and legislative challenges to eligible voters.

Jul 30, 2025 By Derek B. Johnson

Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters

The lawmakers say the potential is high for such a system to return false positives, blocking citizens from voting.

Jul 16, 2025 By Derek B. Johnson

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. Waltz, who was nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, previously served as the National Security Adviser. He resigned from that position after facing scrutiny for his involvement in creating a Signal chat that mistakenly included a journalist. This chat discussed sensitive plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Waltz brushes off SignalGate questions, points finger at CISA

In congressional testimony, President Trump’s former national security adviser said his use of Signal to coordinate military operations was “driven by” cybersecurity guidance from CISA.

Jul 15, 2025 By Derek B. Johnson

A registered nurse tends to a Covid-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California on January 11, 2021. – As Covid-19 tears through southern California, small hospitals in rural towns like Apple Valley have been overwhelmed, with coronavirus patients crammed into hallways, makeshift ICU beds and even the pediatric ward. When AFP visited St Mary hospital in this desert town of 70,000 people this week, palliative care supervisor Kari McGuire said her team were seeing “astronomical numbers of patients who are dying” from the novel coronavirus. (Photo by ARIANA DREHSLER / AFP) (Photo by ARIANA DREHSLER/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump bill will have major impact on health care cybersecurity, experts warn Congress

Witnesses at a Senate hearing Wednesday connected One Big Beautiful Bill provisions to potential cyber issues in the health care sector, much to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy’s…

Jul 9, 2025 By Derek B. Johnson

U.S. Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session in the House chamber in 2025. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Meta confused over WhatsApp ban issued to House staffers

The chamber’s chief administrative officer issued a memo Monday that the messaging app is not approved for official use.

Jun 24, 2025 By Tim Starks

Federal cyber insurance backstop should be tied to expiring terrorism insurance law, report recommends

Congress should use renewal of an expiring terrorism insurance program to create a federal backstop for cybersecurity insurance, according to a report out Tuesday that tries to…

Jun 17, 2025 By Tim Starks

(L-R) Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Tex., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino R-N.Y. listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rep. Garbarino: Ending CISA mobile app security program for feds sends ‘wrong signal’

CyberScoop is first to report on the letter to DHS from the chair of a cybersecurity subcommittee, which also addresses CISA’s role as lead coordinator with the…

Jun 5, 2025 By Tim Starks

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA jobs

The fate of the fiscal 2026 budget blueprint, which includes a $495 million reduction for the agency, is uncertain.

Jun 2, 2025 By Tim Starks