Nick Polk, branch director for cybersecurity at the Executive Office of the President, said government agencies must pay more attention to identity security in the age of AI. (Image Source: Maggie Callahan/Scoop News Group)
While AI tools present unique cybersecurity threats, they still rely on poor identity security by organizations to do the most damage, a White House official said Thursday.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens at a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. The officials took questions from the press and gave updates about the case against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The memo claims a robust executive branch role vetting voter eligibility. One Secretary of State called it a “fantasy” that “isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.”
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)
As traditional fraud markers become obsolete, we must treat digital identity as critical infrastructure and adopt a layered, real-time defense to neutralize sophisticated crime rings.
Hackers have cut their attack timelines from weeks to hours while the government spreads resources too thin. We need to stop pretending we can protect everything and…
Parts of the IBM Quantum System Two are displayed at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center on June 6, 2025 in Yorktown Heights, New York. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., 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. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
It’s time for SpaceX to take strong action against scammers abusing the company’s Starlink internet service, Sen. Maggie Hassan said in a letter to CEO Elon Musk…
