Cynthia Brumfield

Lawmakers and experts fear that the use of Chinese storage batteries could threaten the power grid, but few alternatives are in the offing, at least in the short term.

The White House announced a new executive order and other actions to strengthen the cybersecurity of the maritime industry and ports while seeking to revive a domestic crane industry and wean America off Chinese-made port cranes.

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology released the 2.0 version of its Cybersecurity Framework, focusing more on governance and supply chain issues and offering resources to speed the framework's implementation.

President Biden issued an executive order to bar data brokers from selling American’s sensitive data to “countries of concern,” ordering a slew of actions by the Justice Department and other government agencies that would deny adversaries access to the highly prized information.

As the Biden administration worries about China's role in the emerging connected vehicle market, experts point to the country's ability to engage in espionage as the biggest threat.

Law enforcement takedowns of ransomware actors are accelerating, but experts think that as long as Russia harbors the cybercriminals, there are no quick and easy solutions to tamping down the ransomware crime wave.

The Cyber Safety Review Board's report slammed Microsoft's security practices over 2023 intrusion but also delivered a wealth of recommendations crucial for cloud service providers.

CISA's massive rulemaking will create the first US cyber incident and ransomware payment reporting mechanism that promises to radically overhaul the workloads of most cybersecurity professionals.

A string of recent false or misleading cyber breach reports, fueled by rampant online dissemination, is fostering an atmosphere of growing misinformation that makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction.

Building on previous efforts, the Biden administration's new National Security Memorandum reflects a more modern approach to protecting US critical infrastructure, giving CISA a better-defined and expanded role as the agency coordinating everything.