The White House. (Getty Images) Congress needs to step in on cybersecurity harmonization, White House official says ONCD’s Nicholas Leiserson endorses draft legislation from Sen. Gary Peters that would create an interagency committee to handle cyber regulations. Jun 5, 2024 By Matt Bracken
Brandon Wales of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on May 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Ivanti-linked breach of CISA potentially affected more than 100,000 individuals A senior CISA official shared details with CyberScoop regarding the incident after the agency notified Congress about it on Friday. Mar 29, 2024 By Tim Starks
The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) Cyber Safety Review Board needs stronger authorities, more independence, experts say The CSRB needs to become more transparent regarding its membership and the cases it takes on, experts told Congress. Jan 17, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
An emergency room near the US-Mexico border, in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Sébastien VUAGNAT / AFP via Getty Images) Rural hospitals need help from feds to fight ransomware, witnesses tell lawmakers Experts told Senators on Thursday that rural hospitals don't have the necessary resources to fend off an increasing number of cyberattacks. Mar 16, 2023 By Christian Vasquez
The U.S. Supreme Court Building on Oct. 03, 2022. The high court will hear a landmark content moderation case involving Google this term. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Supreme Court poised to rewrite how social media confronts disinformation If the Supreme Court backs state efforts to limit platforms from curating content, online disinformation will surge, experts and tech companies say. Oct 6, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Agencies don’t know what sensitive data new IT systems collect on Americans, GAO report finds A rise in federal agency breaches involving personal data highlights the ongoing challenge the U.S. government faces in protecting privacy. Sep 22, 2022 By Tonya Riley
From left, Chris Cox, chief product officer for Meta, Neal Mohan, chief product officer for YouTube, Vanessa Pappas, chief operating officer for TikTok, and Jay Sullivan, general manager of Bluebird Twitter, are sworn in during a US Senate Homeland Security hearing regarding social media’s impact on homeland security and disinformation on September 14, 2022. The executives are under fire for the vast amount of disinformation on their platforms, but they say if the Supreme Court upholds Texas and Florida laws seeking to ban them from curating content the problem will grow much worse. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Senators slam social media companies for failure to keep disinformation from going viral Tech executives say they are working hard to fight disinformation, but lawmakers and critics say they simply aren't doing enough. Sep 14, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, testified remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 17, 2020.(Photo By Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images) Senators expected to grill current, former social media executives on disinformation A former Facebook executive turned critic is expected to testify about how the company prioritizes growth over safety. Sep 13, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (right), D-Mich., speaks to the media as Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., look on following the weekly Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Senate report criticizes feds’ approach to ransomware investigations The federal government is not responding effectively to the ransomware crisis, according to a report from the Senate Homeland Security panel. May 24, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing Sept. 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Greg Nash – Pool/Getty Images) The long, bumpy road to cyber incident reporting legislation — and the one still ahead The legislation eventually garnered widespread support on its way to becoming law, but much remains unresolved. Mar 24, 2022 By Tim Starks