The groups told lawmakers that both the committee and the law provide vital protections for cyber threat information swapping.

The antitrust bills being considered in both the House and Senate include provisions that would have unintended cybersecurity consequences.

With U.S.-Russia relations under the microscope, it wasn't much of a surprise to see an uproar over an otherwise "routine" adjustment to sanctions against the Putin government.

The potential next director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, said he was still working to understand encryption at his confirmation hearing.