TechCrunch reports that Florida state senators will soon vote on draft legislation that would impose the creation of encryption backdoors for law enforcement in social media platforms following its unanimous approval by the state's Senate Rules Committee.
CNBC reports that former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs has resigned from SentinelOne, where he has served as chief intelligence and public policy officer, following President Donald Trump's decision to suspend not only his security clearance but also those belonging to his associates in the cybersecurity firm in retaliation to his refusal to endorse the alleged rigging of the 2020 polls.
Mounting cybersecurity threats against the U.S. public and private sectors have prompted Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., to introduce legislation renewing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 that incentivized voluntary cyber threat indicator contributions before it lapses in September.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been urged by House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Ranking Member Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to immediately brief the subcommittee regarding proposals of significant staffing reduction just days before the Monday deadline for an offer by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that could result in the axing of almost 40% of the agency's workforce, according to The Register.
The U.S. is moving to better curtail China, Russia, Iran, and other nation-state adversaries' utilization of commercial backdoors to pilfer Americans' highly sensitive data with the new Data Security Program, which took effect on Tuesday, Cybernews reports.
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