Shontel Brown Archives

F5 vulnerability highlights weak points in DHS’s CDM program

The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program is oft-praised, but there are areas where it doesn’t yet excel, as a recent CISA emergency directive shows.

Oct 23, 2025 By Tim Starks

Federal agents violently throw a protester to the ground outside of the suburban Chicago ICE Detention Center in Broadview, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP)

House Dems seek info about ICE spyware contract, wary of potential abuses

The three lawmakers said the reported lifting of a stop-work order on a $2 million Paragon Solutions contract threatens Americans’ fundamental rights.

Oct 6, 2025 By Tim Starks

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement meeting in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House lawmakers take aim at education requirements for federal cyber jobs

The bipartisan Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act would give the edge to skills-based hiring for cyber jobs at federal agencies.

Aug 21, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., listens as FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell testifies during a House Oversight Committee Hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Nov. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bill requiring federal contractors to have vulnerability disclosure policies gets House redo

Reps. Nancy Mace and Shontel Brown reintroduced VDP legislation after the 2024 bipartisan, bicameral bill didn’t get a full Senate vote.

Jan 31, 2025 By Matt Bracken