Bennie Thompson

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• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Bennie Thompson
• Business Software Alliance
• critical infrastructure
• cyber offense
• cyber strategy
• cybercrime
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Elastic
• Federal IT
• Frank Cilluffo
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• McCrary Institute
• Policy
• post quantum cryptography
• regulation
• State Government
• supply chain
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• USTelecom
• White House
• workforce
• Zero Trust

The long-awaited Trump cyber strategy has arrived

Cyber Scoop March 6, 2026

The long-awaited Trump cyber strategy has arrived | CyberScoop...

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• 2020 elections
• Andrew Garbarino
• ari schwartz
• Bennie Thompson
• Biden administration
• budget
• Caitlin Durkovich
• Center for European Policy Analysis
• Change Healthcare
• ChatGPT
• Chuck Grassley
• CIRCIA
• critical infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
• Cyber Safety Review Board
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• EI-ISAC
• election security
• Errol Weiss
• Federal IT
• Government
• government shutdown
• Health-ISAC
• House Appropriations Committee
• House Homeland Security Committee
• information sharing
• information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs)
• Jeff Greene
• jim lewis
• Kate DiEmidio
• Kristi Noem
• Laura Loomer
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• Mark Amodei
• MS-ISAC
• Obama administration
• office of management and budget
• Policy
• rand paul
• ransomware
• Rob Knake
• Robert Costello
• Russell Vought
• Sean Plankey
• secure-by-design
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• State Government
• Threat hunting
• Trump administration
• Volt Typhoon
• workforce

Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

Cyber Scoop February 25, 2026

Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• Andy Ogles
• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• James Walkinshaw
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• Robert Costello
• workforce

Lawmakers probe CISA leader over staffing decisions

Cyber Scoop January 21, 2026

Lawmakers probe CISA leader over staffing decisions | CyberScoop...

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• Andy Ogles
• Bennie Thompson
• Congress
• CrowdStrike
• CSIS
• cyber offense
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Federal IT
• Geopolitics
• Government
• House Homeland Security Committee
• James Walkinshaw
• Policy
• regulation
• workforce

Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense

Cyber Scoop January 13, 2026

Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense |...

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• AI
• Andrew Garbarino
• Andy Ogles
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• August Pfluger
• Bennie Thompson
• China
• Colonial Pipeline
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• Julie Johnson
• pipeline
• Policy
• rand paul
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
• Technology
• terrorism
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as expiration deadlines loom

Cyber Scoop September 3, 2025

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as...

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• Bennie Thompson
• CVE
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• GAO
• Government
• NIST
• NVD
• zoe lofgren

Dems want watchdog study of two troubled federally-funded vulnerability tracking initiatives

Cyber Scoop June 11, 2025

Dems want watchdog study of two troubled federally-funded vulnerability...

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• Andrew Garbarino
• Bennie Thompson
• budget
• China
• CIRCIA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMA
• Government
• Kristi Noem
• Mark Green
• Money
• regulation
• workforce

DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA

Cyber Scoop May 14, 2025

DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut...

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• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Jake Williams
• Russia
• Threats

DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber threats

Cyber Scoop March 3, 2025

DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber...

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4 min read

• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
• cyber workforce
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• cybersecurity workforce
• Department of Government Efficency
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• grants
• House Homeland Security Committee
• Mark Green
• PIVOTT Act
• Policy
• Trump administration
• workforce

Cyber workforce legislation vote gives rise to partisan rift on House Homeland Security Committee

Cyber Scoop February 26, 2025

Cyber workforce legislation vote gives rise to partisan rift...

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• Bennie Thompson
• CISA
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
• CrowdStrike
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• fraud
• House Homeland Security Committee
• House Intelligence Committee
• information sharing
• information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs)
• Internet Security Alliance
• Kemba Walden
• Mark Green
• Mark Warner
• Policy
• Privacy
• rand paul
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
• Senate Intelligence Committee
• SolarWinds

A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and advocates are prepping to push Congress for renewal 

Cyber Scoop February 26, 2025

A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and...

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