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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

In this photo illustration, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

CISA’s new strategy runs into America’s blind trust problem

Persistent credentials and forgotten software approvals leave essential operational networks vulnerable under CISA’s latest cybersecurity roadmap.
Nick Andersen, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a House Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on April 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Could Nick Andersen’s leadership outlast the clock on his acting role?

He has won praise for his leadership of CISA as acting director, and there’s talk of keeping him in the role beyond his current deadline. With no…
In this photo illustration, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

CISA publishes strategy with eye on the next four years

It includes a review of whether its existing capabilities will meet its three pillars: “defend, harden, prevail.”
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The DeepSeek logo is seen on a display at a shopping mall in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on April 23, 2026. Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model with “drastically reduced” costs on April 24, more than a year after it stunned the world with a low-cost reasoning model that matched the capabilities of US rivals. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

The order cites national security concerns, including sending data to servers in China, the potential for malware and the overall risk to federal IT systems.
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 8: A Department of Homeland Security logo is seen at their headquarters in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on August 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Federal agencies recommend cyber controls, independent testing for frontier AI systems

While voluntary, the document marks the federal government’s most detailed cybersecurity guidance for securing sandbox environments during AI model tests.
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