Trump nominates new cybersecurity head as agency reviews election work
President Donald Trump named Sean Plankey to lead the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA operates ...
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FCC creates national security council to counter cyber threats from China
The new cross-agency initiative emerges months after the disbanding of previous cybersecurity advisory bodies.
Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning email users against a dangerous ransomware ...
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Lawmakers seek DHS records in probe of US response to Chinese cyber campaigns
The House Homeland Security Committee wants DHS to provide internal documents on China’s Volt and Salt Typhoon hacking units, ...
Cybersecurity executive tapped to lead agency that protects voting systems
President Donald Trump has nominated a cybersecurity executive to lead the agency that works to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, one that has faced Republican criticism in recent years ov ...
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Cybersecurity Exec Sean Plankey Nominated to Lead CISA
President Donald Trump has nominated Sean Plankey, former director for cyber policy at the National Security Council, to ...
A look ahead at the new administration's likely policy priorities for cybersecurity and data privacy
Austin Manes and Nicholas Tonckens of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP discuss privacy and cybersecurity policy under the ...
Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts
Among the CISA cuts were top recruits tasked with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from foreign and domestic ...
Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections
The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one ...
Donald Trump nominates Sean Plankey to head cyber agency CISA
President Donald Trump has nominated Sean Plankey to serve as the chief of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says
The White House is urging federal agencies to refrain from laying off their cybersecurity teams, as they scramble to comply ...
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Cybersecurity executive tapped to lead agency that protects voting systems
Sean Plankey, who retired from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2023, was nominated Tuesday to lead the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA. He worked in the first Trump ...