Government Regulations

StateScoop reports that mounting cybersecurity threats against water and wastewater utilities have prompted New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to unveil proposed cybersecurity requirements, as well as a $2.5 million grant program that would help achieve adherence to such regulations.

Members fear CISA 2015 on information sharing could lapse if not reauthorized by Sept. 30.

Congress scraps a federal AI mandate but unleashes over $1 billion for military AI, quantum research, and cryptography as Musk’s xAI lines up for a slice of the action.

Hearing may offer insights into what offensive cyber operations might look like.

Chinese state-backed hackers' extensive compromise of U.S. telecommunications networks has prompted the Senate Intelligence Committee to pass an annual intelligence authorization measure aimed at bolstering telecommunications firms' defenses against cyberespionage efforts, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Now that the 10-year moratorium on state AI regs was nixed in the Trump budget bill, expect a conflicting and confusing array of laws.

The House has approved bipartisan legislation that would cement the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's leadership in tackling cybersecurity threats against U.S. telecommunications networks amid ongoing efforts to contain the threat of Chinese state-sponsored threat operation Salt Typhoon, CyberScoop reports.

Hill Associates, a Maryland-based federal IT services contractor, has agreed to a $14.75 million settlement over allegations of cybersecurity fraud after purportedly billing for services outside its contract and personnel without adequate experience as stated in the contract, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.