Government Regulations

CyberScoop reports that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency would have its almost $3 billion spending reduced by $491 million, or 17%, under the Trump administration's fiscal 2026 budget proposal.

Reuters reports that Cambodia-based financial company Huione Group is being mulled to be blacklisted by the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network from the U.S. financial system over its supposed involvement in the laundering of funds obtained from illegal cyber activity.

The U.S. was noted by National Security Council Senior Director for Cyber Alexei Bulazel to be focusing on offensive cybersecurity measures against China and other nation-state adversaries under the Trump administration, according to The Record.

Two different federal Justice Department cybersecurity cases announced May 1 underscored the complex challenges the agency faces in policing cybersecurity issues

At RSAC 2025, SANS Institute experts warned that rising attack complexity, cloud privilege sprawl, and AI over regulation are converging into a perfect storm — and defenders may already be outpaced.

Threat intelligence sharing between tech companies and law enforcement is increasingly vital to disrupting cybercriminal operations and achieving successful prosecutions, cybersecurity leaders from Amazon and CrowdStrike emphasized at the RSAC 2025 Conference, CyberScoop reports.

Framing cybersecurity as a national security priority, the DHS secretary defended Trump-era reforms, accused CISA of mission drift, and signaled sweeping changes to federal cyber oversight.

The House has passed the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act that would mandate a Department of Commerce review on the national security threat posed by adversarial nation-controlled routers and modems three weeks after its approval by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, CyberScoop reports.