CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident reporting regulation

One industry official told CyberScoop the town halls are probably not what CIRCIA needs right now.

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Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit, halt some agency work

Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.

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After major Poland energy grid cyberattack, CISA issues warning to U.S. audience

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the attack highlighted threats from vulnerable edge devices to operational technology and industrial control systems.

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CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices

A binding operational directive issued Thursday looks to combat an attack pathway that has been behind some of the biggest attacks and most common exploits in recent years.

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What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection panel, AI information sharing

Nick Andersen, a top CISA official, discussed plans for improving CIPAC and developing an AI-ISAC.

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The ‘staggering’ cybersecurity weakness that isn’t getting enough focus, according to a top Secret Service official

The internet domain registration system is a major weakness that malicious hackers can exploit, but is often being overlooked, a senior Secret Service official said Thursday. “It is staggering to me that we live in a world where domain registrars and registrars will do bulk registration of various spellings of a major institution’s brand name […]

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US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world

The Trump administration also envisions artificial intelligence playing a role in protecting federal government networks.

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Lawmakers wonder when Trump administration will weigh on soon-expired surveillance powers

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Section 702, set to sunset at the end of April, but with no Trump administration witnesses present.

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OMB rescinds ‘burdensome’ Biden-era secure software memo

Russell Vought’s updated memo using a common attestation form voluntary. A critic told CyberScoop it’s the “first major policy step back” on cybersecurity under Trump.

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