The FCC is seeking volunteers to serve as administrators for a new cybersecurity labeling program, allowing consumers to identify products less vulnerable to cyberattacks.

The new draft of NIST's digital identity proofing guidelines includes updates to accommodate passkeys and mobile driver's licenses, as well as options for identification without using biometrics like facial recognition.

The initiative, called Secure by Design, was introduced by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the RSA Conference, with an initial 70 firms committing to improving security features.

Last year, the White House launched an initiative to strengthen school cybersecurity, but cyberattacks on schools persist. Private sector resources have been utilized by thousands of school districts to enhance their defenses.

The Center for Federal Civilian Executive Branch Resilience, launched by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, aims to enhance standards and procedures for protecting government agencies from cybercriminals and nation-state hackers.

The Autonomous Penetration Testing platform would replace much of the laborious, manual process of such testing, where organizations use vulnerability scanning tools and other methods to measure the robustness of their cyberdefenses against hackers

The CISA is working to comply with the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022, requiring critical infrastructure providers to report cybersecurity incidents and ransomware attacks within specific timeframes.

The Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act, led by senators Gary Peters and James Lankford, would create an interagency group to synchronize U.S. cyber regulatory regimes and establish a pilot program for testing new frameworks.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office's annual assessment of the Defense Department's IT spending revealed that several programs lack approved cybersecurity strategies, leaving them vulnerable to potential cyberattacks.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) conducted its first tabletop exercise with over 50 AI experts from the government and industry to understand and mitigate digital threats to AI systems.