Rob Portman Archives

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 26: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) gestures as he speaks during a press conference following the Republicans Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Incident reporting, ransomware payment legislation faces trouble in Senate

Aides continue to negotiate in a bid to overcome the dispute.

Nov 24, 2021 By Tim Starks

Chris Inglis testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

National Cyber Director Chris Inglis, new cyber kid on the federal block, begins to stake a claim

Broadly, the administration is also formulating a national cybersecurity strategy and looking at more regulations.

Oct 28, 2021 By Tim Starks

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 11: Brandon Wales, Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Ryan Higgins, Chief Information Security Officer at U.S. Department of Commerce, are sworn in at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Colonial Pipeline didn’t tell CISA about ransomware incident, highlighting questions about information sharing

It wasn't the only incident on lawmakers' minds where they thought information sharing fell short.

May 11, 2021 By Tim Starks

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) speaks at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs/Rules and Administration Committee hearing. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

Feds aren’t well prepared to spot SolarWinds-style hacks at agencies, CISA official says

The SolarWinds hack is making CISA reexamine key programs for protecting federal networks.

Mar 18, 2021 By Tim Starks

china national vulnerability database — (flickr)

Shoddy US government review of Chinese telcos endangered national security, Senate panel finds

The U.S. government’s process for reviewing cybersecurity risks of Chinese telecommunications companies operating in the U.S. has “endangered our national security,” a bipartisan Senate review found.

Jun 9, 2020 By Shannon Vavra

Capitol Congress lawmakers legislators Washington D.C. — The measure was just one of several cybersecurity-related issues the committee put into the bill, the text of which was released publicly Thursday. (Getty Images)

Senate investigation finds agencies ‘unprepared’ to protect Americans’ data

Lessons from the 2015 OPM hack still haven’t been heeded, according to a Senate subcommittee.

Jun 25, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas

Bill would create bug bounty program inside DHS

The bill would create programs similar to initiatives at DOD and GSA.

May 30, 2017 By Greg Otto