• WATER SECURITYProtecting Florida’s Water Infrastructure from Cyber Threats

    INL and the state of Florida are collaborating on an innovative cybersecurity initiative aimed at protecting Florida’s water infrastructure from cyber threats.

  • CYBERSECURITYNeed for National Information Clearinghouse for Cybercrime Data, Categorization of Cybercrimes: Report

    There is an acute need for the U.S. to address its lack of overall governance and coordination of cybercrime statistics. A new report recommends that relevant federal agencies create or designate a national information clearinghouse to draw information from multiple sources of cybercrime data and establish connections to assist in criminal investigations.

  • CYBERSECURITYTrump Is Shifting Cybersecurity to the States, but Many Aren’t Prepared

    By Madyson Fitzgerald

    President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order which substantially reduced the role of the federal government in securing elections, health care, and critical infrastructure against cyberattacks by state actors and cybercriminals. The responsibility of for protection has been shifyed to states and localities, but only 22 of 48 states in a Nationwide Cybersecurity Review met recommended security levels. Moreover, Trump’s funding cuts will make it more difficult for states to bolster their cyber defenses.

  • DATA PROTECTIONProtecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries

    Last week DOJ took steps to move forward with implementing a program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal data to commit espionage and economic espionage, conduct surveillance and counterintelligence activities, and otherwise undermine our national security.

  • CYBERSECURITYIsraeli Startup Raises $50m to Stop App-Based Cyberattacks

    By Yulia Karra

    Oligo Security’s platform allows for quick identification of vulnerabilities in cloud-native software before they are exploited by third parties.

  • CYBERSECURITYStandardized Security Playbooks Improve Protection Against Cyberattacks

    Each company relies on its own security concepts and devises its playbooks individually. This means hardly any security-related information is shared between these organizations. And that is a problem, especially when business partners regularly exchange data, as is the case with industrial firms and their suppliers.

  • CLOUD SECURITYSecurity Scheme Could Protect Sensitive Data During Cloud Computation

    By Adam Zewe

    MIT researchers crafted a new approach that could allow anyone to run operations on encrypted data without decrypting it first.

  • CHINA WATCHSouth Korea Has Acted Decisively on DeepSeek. Other Countries Must Stop Hesitating

    By Hassan Gad

    South Korea has suspended new downloads of DeepSeek, and it was right to do so. Chinese tech firms operate under the shadow of state influence, misusing data for surveillance and geopolitical advantage. Any country that values its data and sovereignty must watch this national security threat and take note of South Korea’s response.

  • CHINA WATCHIn Case We Forgot, Typhoon Attacks Remind Us of China’s Cyber Capability—and Intent

    By James Corera and Elizabeth Buchanan

    The Salt Typhoon incident reminds us that China has the intent, and increasingly the capability, to seriously challenge US and Western technology advantage.

  • DATA SECURITYDOGE Threat: How Government Data Would Give an AI Company Extraordinary Power

    By Allison Stanger

    The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases. Since information is power, concentrating unprecedented data in the hands of a private entity with an explicit political agenda represents a profound challenge to the republic. I believe that the question is whether the American people can stand up to the potentially democracy-shattering corruption such a concentration would enable. If not, Americans should prepare to become digital subjects rather than human citizens.

  • ELECTION SECURITYElection Officials Blast Trump’s “Retreat” from Protecting Voting Against Foreign Threats

    By Matt Vasilogambros

    The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more than 100 positions at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

  • CYBERSECURITYIs DOGE a Cybersecurity Threat? Explaining the Dangers of Violating Protocols and Regulations That Protect Government Computer Systems

    By Richard Forno

    Teams from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are dropping into federal agencies with a practically unlimited mandate to reform the federal government in accordance with recent executive orders. As a 30-year cybersecurity veteran, I find the activities of DOGE thus far concerning. Its broad mandate across government, seemingly nonexistent oversight, and the apparent lack of operational competence of its employees have demonstrated that DOGE could create conditions that are ideal for cybersecurity or data privacy incidents that affect the entire nation.

  • CYBERSECURITYResearchers Calculate Cyberattack Risk for All 50 States

    By John Tucker

    Local governments are common victims of cyberattack, with economic damage often extending to the state and federal levels. Scholars aggregate threats to thousands of county governments to draw conclusions.

  • CYBERSECURITYSecurity Vulnerabilities Discovered in Apple Processors

    The US tech giant Apple has always advertised security assurances alongside ever faster processor performance for its products. Now an international team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered at least two security vulnerabilities.

  • CHINA WATCHTreasury Sanctions Company, Hacker Associated with Salt Typhoon

    The Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a Chinese national and a Chinese company for their direct involvement in the Salt Typhoon cyber group, which recently compromised the network infrastructure of multiple major U.S. telecommunication and internet service provider companies.