Threats
Feds Order Review Of Electrical-Grid Security After Substation Shootings
The organization that sets the grid's reliability standards must report within three months on its rules for physical security.
Policy
New Ranking Member Could Shake up a Key Senate Oversight Committee
A new Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee wants the body to "reassert itself."
Threats
No ‘Specific or Credible’ Cyber Attacks Hurt Election's Integrity, CISA Says
Despite “a handful” of DDoS attacks targeting state and local election websites and some technical glitches affecting voting equipment, CISA says it saw “no activity” that should undermine faith in the election results.
Threats
Former CISA Head: Election Lies Are a 'Risk to Democracy'
Election misinformation is a “tactical and strategic" threat, as are the election deniers running for office, Chris Krebs said.
Threats
Every State But One Uses Federally Banned Foreign Tech, Report Says
More than 1,600 state and local government entities have purchased products or services from blackballed Chinese companies, CSET report finds.
Threats
How the FBI Stumbled in the War on Cybercrime
In an excerpt from their new book, the authors reveal how unprepared the nation’s top federal law enforcement agency was to combat online crime.
Threats
Are You 'Choice-Paralyzed' About Protecting Your Critical Infrastructure? NSA Wants to Help
Simplifying decisions about hardening industrial control systems is the aim of new guidance from the NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Threats
Shield Critical Infrastructure from Electromagnetic Pulses, DHS Says
The National Public Warning System offers a model for defending other vital systems and services.
Policy
Almost No One Has Been Hired Through DHS' Much-Hyped Cyber Talent Program
With a month left in the fiscal year, program is 146 new hires short of its 150-person goal.
Policy
US, Israel Team Up to Fight Ransomware
The Treasury Department and Ministry of Finance extend a year-old, tech-centric cybersecurity pact.
Ideas
You Don’t Have to Be a Spy to Violate the Espionage Act
Two law professors outline how the Act has been used in the past, and what it could mean for former president Trump.
Ideas
Trump Wants Concentration Camps and Presidential Control of Domestic Troops
The disgraced former president said the next chief executive should take control of the National Guard from state governors and deploy troops to quell cities.
Science & Tech
How NORAD Plans to Ward Off Cruise Missiles Fired at the US
The command has goals for 2025 and 2030, but wants more guidance from the Pentagon.
Threats
US Can’t Down Russian Missiles Being Used in Ukraine, Report Says
Building a defense against cruise missiles will cost billions, CSIS concludes.
Threats
Climate Change Has FEMA Working Year-Round, Straining Its Workforce
Once just a few months long, "busy season" now lasts all year. That's hurting the volunteers and reservists who supply much of FEMA's surge capability.
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