LiDAR is an essential part of modern critical infrastructure, which is why we need legislation to make sure it's protected from China and other adversaries.
Sixty-one percent of local election officials expressed concern about the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's election security service reductions, according to StateScoop.
Cybersecurity Dive reports that House and Senate Homeland Security Committee leaders have been urged by the Hacking Policy Council which counts Microsoft, Google, Intel, Trend Micro, HackerOne, and Bugcrowd as its members to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 before it lapses by the end of September in a bid to ensure continued threat info dissemination amid increasingly prevalent and sophisticated cybersecurity threats.
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House Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joseph Morelle, D-N.Y., and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Ranking Member Alex Padilla, D-Calif., have called on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide details on the support it is offering to state and local election offices following its failure to address previous inquiries, StateScoop reports.
FedScoop reports that the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division has been urged by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to bolster its handling of digital assets confiscated from ransomware, money laundering, and drug and human trafficking operations, as well as tax crimes.
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