Cybersecurity, Privacy, & AI
VA IT Official to Contractors: Bring Your AI Game or Get Axed
FedScoop - The Department of Veterans Affairs only wants contractors who can keep up with its modernization and artificial intelligence efforts, regardless of incumbency...
Chinese Hackers Target Medical, Military, and AI Research in North America
SecurityWeek - The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has published an analysis of the attacks carried out by a cyberespionage group linked to the...
Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence Expands Cybersecurity, Federal Oversight
Holland & Knight - The White House on June 2, 2026, issued an executive order (EO), titled "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security,"...
Lawmakers Leery About Trump Administration’s Anthropic Order
CyberScoop - Members of Congress responded with skepticism and caution Tuesday to the Trump administration’s decision to impose export controls on Anthropic’s newest AI...
US Officials See Iran Cyber Threat Persisting Despite Preliminary Deal
NextGov/FCW - The preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement reached over the weekend likely won’t stop cyber operations launched by Tehran and Iran-aligned hacking groups at American...
Senate NDAA Proposes CMMC Grant Program
Federal News Network - The Senate Armed Services Committee has advanced legislation that would set up a grant program for small businesses and nontraditional...
FBI Takes Down Massive China-Based Cybercrime Network That Caused $1.9B in Losses
CyberScoop - The FBI, along with Google and Lumen Technologies, took down a major cybercrime network based in China that was responsible for an...
Agentic AI Is Coming to Government Faster Than Its Guardrails
FedScoop - The conversation around AI in government has shifted quickly. What used to be a question of whether agencies should adopt it has...
Trump Releases National Security Systems Cybersecurity Policy
ExecutiveGov - President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum directing the reestablishment of the Committee on National Security Systems, or CNSS, as part of...
Industry and Academia Call on Administration to Free Anthropic’s AI Model
Defense One - Signatories across industry, academia and expert groups issued a public letter Monday asking the Trump administration to roll back new restrictions...
A Cyber Force With No Enlisted? Not So Fast, Some Experts Say
Air & Space Forces Magazine - Calls for the creation of a dedicated cyber-focused military service are gaining traction among some cyber advocates and...
3 Priorities for Federal CISOs in the Agentic Era
NextGov/FCW - The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), alongside counterpart agencies from allied governments, recently published guidance advising organizations to treat autonomous...
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