Left to right: Charleen Laughlin, deputy chief of space operations for cyber and data, U.S. Space Force; Brandon Pugh, principle cyber adviser, U.S. Army; Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber adviser, Defense Department; and John Sahlin, vice president of cyber solutions for GDIT. (photo by Isaac Latimer for EPNAC/Scoop News Group)
Top Pentagon cyber policy official Katherine Sutton said recent conflicts have emphasized the importance of cyber, and that the department can’t make old mistakes with AI security.
In this handout image provided by CYBERUK, Anne Keast-Butler, Director, GCHQ speaks during the CYBERUK 2024 at Birmingham ICC Arena on May 14, 2024 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Matthew Horwood for CYBERUK via Getty Images)
Anne Keast-Butler, head of the GCHQ, said her agency was developing an artificial intelligence-powered cyber shield as other nations were deploying AI in warfare.
In this handout provided by Amazon, a technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana on Oct. 2, 2025. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services)
A hearing of the House Homeland Security panel’s cyber subcommittee weighed whether to designate data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector.
Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)
Censys researchers warned that thousands of devices are exposed to the Iranian government’s campaign targeting energy, water, and U.S. government services and facilities.
Miguel Escamilla Jr., mannufacturing manager of ShayoNano, demonstrates the operation of programmable logic controller at the company’s production plant July 25, 2017, in Stafford. The Singapore-based company chose Stafford to be their U.S. headquarters. (Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Iranian government hackers are launching disruptive cyberattacks on American energy and water infrastructure, U.S. government agencies “urgently” warned Tuesday. The hackers are taking aim at devices and…
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Heart Monitor/defibrillator is displayed during the Emergency Services show at NEC Exhibition Centre on Sept. 8, 2021 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on “Worldwide Threats” in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
