House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection lawmakers have been urged to ratify State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program funding amid the threat of cutbacks as its efficacy is being doubted by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, StateScoop reports.
Adoption of "whole-of-state" cybersecurity has been achieved by states using the SLCGP funding, which has been allocated toward various cyber hygiene measures, said Utah Chief Information Officer and NASCIO Secretary-Treasurer Alan Fuller during the hearing. Such funding was also regarded by Connecticut CIO Mark Raymond to have been critical in helping local governments with limited resources strengthen the cybersecurity posture of critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, Louisville, Kentucky City Councilman and National League of Cities Vice President Kevin Kramer recommended that SLCGP not only be reauthorized but also improved with prolonged deadlines, more streamlined eligibility requirements, and a complementary direct funding mechanism. "Cybersecurity is a whole-of-nation challenge. It demands a true intergovernmental partnership," said Kramer.
Members of the Group of Seven nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have been urged by a coalition of chief information security officers from 45 major firms, including Amazon Web Services, Mastercard, and Honeywell, to work on better aligning cybersecurity regulations in a bid to reduce burdens for businesses, reports Cybersecurity Dive.
SiliconAngle reports that Exaforce, an agentic security operations startup, has obtained $75 million from a Series A funding round, which will be allocated toward strengthening its agentic security operations center platform.
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