Asleep at the cyber wheel

Cuts to the Education Department and CISA could damage efforts to mitigate cyber threats to K-12 schools.

With schools nationwide easing into the holidays, hackers may see the lull in activity as a window of opportunity to strike an already-vulnerable sector.

The new member: Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) How they got here: Sheehy won an incredibly expensive contest to oust three-term Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester by a 52.6 percent...

As the deadline for DHS personnel to decide on employment deferment arrives, CISA’s workforce shakeup could have a devastating effect on cybersecurity efforts across the country.

Opponents argue that the change could cause current smokers to use more cigarettes to compensate for the lower nicotine levels, negatively impacting their health, and that the plan could...

Several U.S. states, including New York, New Jersey and Virginia, are holding closely watched elections this November. But recent shakeups in voting technology and federal election resources may test...

Some of the country’s top tech companies are hiring remote information technology workers — only to find out their employees are actually North Korean cyber operatives.

Elon Musk has officially left DOGE. But experts warn that the billionaire could take the trove of data DOGE amassed with him — and that the agency’s digging around...

Musk’s extraordinary threat-cum-directive that federal employees detail what they accomplished last week in an email or face dismissal is sparking fresh anger and confusion among the government’s cyber workforce.

Lawmakers are returning from their summer recess this week with a full plate of cyber policy issues to address.