Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, Jen Easterly, Director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and FBI Director Christopher Wray testify before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Committee heard from intelligence officials on China’s Cyber threat to the United States. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Wray indicated the FBI sees China as a more imminent threat to U.S. infrastructure as hacking groups like Volt Typhoon position resources for disruption ahead of a…
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 11: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks with reporters in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is scheduled to return Tuesday following an almost six-week break and lawmakers have only a dozen legislative days left to reach a budget compromise and avert a government shutdown. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Four main components on the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station are pictured as the orbital outpost soared 261 miles above the north Atlantic Ocean. (NASA)
Brandon Wales of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on May 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Jen Easterly, Director of the Homeland Security Department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, arrives to testify before the House (Select) Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee on Capitol Hill on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
At the world's largest industrial cybersecurity conference, Beijing’s operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure was just one concern among many.
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 02: Harry Coker Jr., President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next National Cyber Director, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on November 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. If confirmed Coker would serve as the second National Cyber Director, replacing inaugural Director Chris Inglis who resigned in 2023. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Coker and Easterly applaud recommendations around cyber-physical resilience laid out in a new report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
In the country’s mission to protect critical infrastructure, more can be done to defend small community water, electricity and gas providers against cyber threats.
Banks of Solar panels sit atop and apartment building along 34th Street in the Normal Heights section of San Diego, California on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. (Getty Images)
