The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program will be reauthorized until Jan. 30, 2026, under a new funding bill approved by the Senate earlier this week, which also extends the validity of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 and other government programs, according to StateScoop.
The U.S. Defense Department has begun enforcing its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program for defense contractors and subcontractors aimed at ensuring their capability to protect Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, SecurityWeek reports.
The upcoming reauthorization of a key U.S. surveillance authority faces significant political hurdles, with a senior House Democrat predicting it will be a "much heavier lift" in 2026, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Three new data privacy draft bills have been passed by the California Privacy Protection Agency following Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent enactment of a law that eases consumer data sharing opt-outs from web browsers.
Widely used archiving website Archive.is which is also known as Archive.today and Archive.ph and has been leveraged for evading paywalls is having its operator's identity sought to be uncovered in an FBI investigation, according to Ars Technica.
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