A bipartisan pair of senators are kicking off the race Wednesday to reauthorize a 2015 cyber threat information sharing law, a move that industry groups and cyber experts are eager to see happen before it’s set to expire in September. Advocates say the 10-year-old Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has been vital to sharing threat information…
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Don’t cut CISA personnel, House panel leaders say, as they plan legislation giving the agency more to do
Leaders of a key House subcommittee criticized the Trump administration’s personnel cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday, with its chairman saying he wants CISA to take on more responsibilities, not less — some of which figure into his legislative priorities. Rep. Andrew Garbarino, the New York Republican who chairs the House…
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Renew — but improve — billion-dollar cyber grant program to states and locals, House witnesses say
It’s vital that Congress renew the expiring $1 billion state and local cybersecurity grant program, witnesses testified before a House panel, but they added that it could benefit from some upgrades, too. New York Rep. Andrew Garbarino, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection that held the hearing Tuesday, said…
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Trump’s ‘preparedness’ executive order would shift cyber defense burden where it doesn’t belong, experts say
Many cyber experts are panning a new Trump administration executive order that would shift more responsibilities for responding to cyberattacks to state and local governments, saying it will leave states holding the bag for a job they aren’t best equipped to handle. The executive order, issued last week, is entitled “Achieving Efficiency Through State and…
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National Cyber Director Harry Coker looks back (and ahead) on the Cyber Director office
Days after the four-year anniversary of the creation of the Office of the National Cyber Director and days before its current chief is set to depart, that man, Harry Coker Jr., looked both backward and forward at the office in a speech Tuesday and a separate interview with CyberScoop. Coker touched on software liability, regulations,…