Reuters reports that the U.S.'s cybersecurity defenses were regarded by former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly to be increasingly vulnerable against threats following President Donald Trump's retaliatory actions against the country's cyber leaders.
The Federal Trade Commission has added increased restrictions in the updated Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulation, which will be effective beginning June 23, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Accelerated advancements in artificial intelligence were noted by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to be a significant challenge in creating and adopting privacy regulations for the technology, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Members of the Group of Seven nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have been urged by a coalition of chief information security officers from 45 major firms, including Amazon Web Services, Mastercard, and Honeywell, to work on better aligning cybersecurity regulations in a bid to reduce burdens for businesses, reports Cybersecurity Dive.
Significant strides made by the U.S. in combating international cybersecurity threats and forging digital collaborations with other nations were noted by cybersecurity experts and former officials to potentially be endangered by the Trump administration's plan to transfer the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy to another department and establish a new cyber threat-focused bureau as part of a State Department overhaul, reports Cybersecurity Dive.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has been urged by a group of 48 House Democrats to provide more details regarding unauthorized artificial intelligence usage by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, FedScoop reports.
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