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Congressman James Walkinshaw, D-Va., speaks at a press conference with other Democratic members of House Homeland Security Committee (including Sri Thanedar, D-Mich., left, and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right) on the killing of Renee Good, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dems seek top-to-bottom assessment of CISA workforce

After the exit of around 1,000 CISA workers, legislation from three top House Democrats orders a force structure assessment like that more common to military branches.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 17: Houston Water Director, Greg Eyerly, leads a tour of The East Water Purification Plant on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 in Houston. A White House pilot project designed to boost the cybersecurity of water systems was announced on Monday in Texas. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help

The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.”
The GAO found 80 out of 117 rules that “either contain the same kind of reporting requirement applicable to a sector or the same reporting requirement as at least one other regulation.” (Getty Images)

Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds

The Government Accountability Office looked at 117 rules across 37 agencies and found 70% had reporting requirements that were overlapping.
US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. The Trump administration has been moving to regulate AI models for cybersecurity use. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?

The messy approach to U.S. AI regulation reflects both the rapid speed of model cyber capabilities and the White House’s “education” over the past two years, experts…
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Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the second Trump administration speaks during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine the President’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal in Capitol Hill on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

White House charts new course for federal agencies and cybersecurity logging

A Trump administration memo published last week replaces one from its predecessor, with at least one analyst fearful of potential harmful results.
Sean Cairncross, as CEO of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, speaks onstage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit in New York City. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)

Sean Cairncross’ cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation

Cut the regulatory burden, boost information sharing, and get Congress moving: that’s the pitch as the White House readies a new cyber strategy.
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