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US cybersecurity weakened by congressional delays despite Plankey renomination

The White House moved to restart an urgent stalled priority by renominating well-regarded Coast Guard and Energy Department cyber veteran Sean Plankey as CISA director. Experts say the step offers some relief but does not go far enough to resolve the broader congressional inaction still straining the nation’s cyber defenses. Some have faulted the White…

Key cybersecurity takeaways from the 2026 NDAA

On Dec. 7, the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees released their compromise version of the 2026 National Defense and Authorization Act (NDAA), a nearly 3,100-page piece of legislation that contains a host of provisions to fund several Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts in fiscal year 2026. Although cybersecurity is referenced hundreds of times across…