Policy

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• Cybersecurity
• Government
• Policy
• post quantum cryptography
• quantum computing
• State Department
• Technology

State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive current leadership

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

State Dept. official says post-quantum transition plans will outlive...

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• Change Healthcare
• Charlee Hess
• Congress
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
• Government
• health care
• Healthcare
• hospitals
• Policy
• ransomware
• Third-Party Risk
• UnitedHealth Group

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from third-party vendors

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

HHS burrows into identifying risks to health sector from...

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• AI
• Alexandra Seymour
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• cybersecurity strategy
• Government
• Israel
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• workforce

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI use for defense without increasing risk

Cyber Scoop February 19, 2026

ONCD official says Trump administration aims to bolster AI...

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• chemical plants
• CIRCIA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• Policy
• ransomware
• regulation
• small business

CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident reporting regulation

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident...

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• Binding Operational Directive
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• edge devices
• Federal IT
• firewalls
• Government
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• Policy
• routers

CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices

Cyber Scoop February 5, 2026

CISA tells agencies to stop using unsupported edge devices...

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• AI-ISAC
• critical infrastructure
• Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Government
• information sharing
• information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs)
• Information Technology Industry Council
• Nick Andersen
• operational technology
• Policy
• undersea cables

What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection panel, AI information sharing

Cyber Scoop February 3, 2026

What’s next for DHS’s forthcoming replacement critical infrastructure protection...

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• Cybersecurity
• Government
• information sharing
• Office of the National Cyber Director
• Policy
• regulation
• Uncategorized

Sean Cairncross’ cybersecurity agenda: less regulation, more cooperation

Cyber Scoop February 3, 2026

National Cyber Director wants help to cut cybersecurity regulations...

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• AI
• AI Action Plan
• Alexandra Seymour
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Commerce Department
• cybersecurity strategy
• Federal IT
• Geopolitics
• international
• National Cyber Director
• Policy
• State Department
• United Nations

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world

Cyber Scoop January 29, 2026

US wants to push its view of AI cybersecurity...

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• Biden administration
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Chris Coons
• Chuck Grassley
• Congress
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Dick Durbin
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• FISA
• Justice Department
• Kash Patel
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Pam Bondi
• Policy
• Privacy
• Section 702
• Senate Judiciary Committee
• surveillance
• Trump administration
• tulsi gabbard

Lawmakers wonder when Trump administration will weigh on soon-expired surveillance powers

Cyber Scoop January 28, 2026

Senate judiciary presses for answers ahead of FISA deadline...

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• contracting
• cybersecurity harmonization
• Government
• Institute for Security and Technology
• National Cyber Director
• Nick Leiserson
• office of management and budget
• Policy
• regulation
• Russell Vought
• Russia
• secure-by-design
• SolarWinds

OMB rescinds ‘burdensome’ Biden-era secure software memo

Cyber Scoop January 26, 2026

Trump administration rescinds Biden OMB secure software memo Skip...

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