TechCrunch reports that major U.S. telecommunications firms AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon were noted by Senate Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to have failed to inform the Senate regarding federal surveillance requests on lawmakers' mobile devices despite being mandated to do so as part of their contracts.
The U.S. government has been urged by the new Strategic Cybersecurity Coalition which includes Google Cloud, Dell Technologies, Forescout, Carahsoft, Velo, and Trellix to strengthen its cybersecurity-focused aid to foreign partners, which are being targeted by threat operations that also set their sights on the U.S., reports Cybersecurity Dive.
CyberScoop reports that mounting threats to the federal cybersecurity workforce have prompted Reps. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, and Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, to introduce legislation that would mandate the National Cyber Director to create a new centralized training center for workforce development.
House and Senate lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have expressed continued support for the dual-hat relationship between the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command amid speculation that both roles would be separated following the ouster of NSA and Cyber Command Director Timothy Haugh last month.
Segment 1: Fastly Interview. In this week's interview segment, we talk to Marshall Erwin about the state of cybersecurity, particularly when it comes to third party risk management, and whether we're ready for the next big SolarWinds or Crowdstrike incident. These big incidents have inspired executive orders, the Secure by Design initiative, and ev...
Cybersecurity Dive reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce has been sought by a group of over a dozen Republican lawmakers to prohibit the use of TP-Link routers across the country over its association with the Chinese government, which threatens U.S. national security.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson said that artificial intelligence systems will only be regulated upon the emergence of significant issues in an effort to ensure continued innovation, which is in stark contrast to former FTC Chair Lina Khan's combative stance on the technology, The Record reports.
Information security industry leaders have called on lawmakers to renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 before September in a bid to ensure the continuation of voluntary cybersecurity threat sharing without the threat of any regulatory penalties or lawsuits, according to Nextgov/FCW.
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