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Cyber Command

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., talks to reporters about Democrats being excluded from briefings the Trump Administration gave to Republicans about military strikes on alleged drug boats at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 30, 2025. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said the Trump administration is leaving the nation vulnerable at a time of rising threats in cyberspace.
President Donald Trump, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. Trump and Xi have both been publicly impassive about cyber operations in the past few months.(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

While White House demands deterrence, Trump shrugs

Trump’s dismissive remarks on cyber threats contrast sharply with his administration’s official calls for action.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

GOP domestic policy bill includes money for military cyber

Democrats have critiqued the bill for not protecting funds for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Jamerson speaks during AIScoop’s AITalks while the State Department’s Manny Medrano looks on. The event was held April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

AI speeds up analysis work for humans, two federal cyber officials say

More broadly, AI is viewed as being a double-edged sword in cybersecurity, one that can bolster both defensive and offensive operations.
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Cyber Force
U.S. Space Force Guardians participate in Moonlight Defender, an exercise designed to focus on refining the defensive and offensive skill sets of Cyber Guardians, centered around the Moonlighter imaging satellite, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Nov. 15, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Charles Rivezzo)

Congress must demand a study of America’s cyber forces

A bipartisan proposal should move forward despite Defense Department objections.
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