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Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., (L), accompanied by Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (R), speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Short-term and long-term extensions alike for the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act have fallen by the wayside despite industry and Trump administration advocacy.
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Chair Katie Britt, R-Ala. (R), and Ranking Member Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., (L) appear as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 8. Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department’s FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’

He’s the latest Democrat who sits on an appropriations panel to sharply criticize CISA personnel reductions and proposed funding cuts.
(L-R) Rep. Nick LaLota R-N.Y., Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal

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