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The Palantir logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which a stock market chart is projected in Creteil, France, on November 4, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto)

Trump picks Palantir’s LoSapio to head CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has gone without a Senate-confirmed director for all of Trump’s second term, and Michael LoSapio could face resistance, too.
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., speaks as U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

What Democratic control of Congress means for cybersecurity

There’s a lame-duck session before Dems take over, but the leaders of the homeland security panels are already teeing up their agendas.
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo is displayed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters on May 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Leaked DHS employee archive, Icepick, faces challenges to stay online

A DHS contractor requested its removal, while a social media site blocked links to it. It was offline for a spell before finding a new home.
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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.”
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA- MAY 5: In this photo illustration, an official voter information guide mailed to a Southern California resident, ahead of a state primary election, photographed May 5, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo Illustration by Jay L Clendenin/Getty Images)

DOJ escalates fight for election supremacy with California raids

The arrests were paired with comments from DOJ and DHS officials, threatening to investigate, arrest or prosecute tens of thousands of California voters if they vote in…
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.
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