This Week in Washington  The Hill: Addressing the nation’s cyber workforce challenge will require new approaches at the federal and state level to improve training and help prepare future workers for careers in cybersecurity. TechCrunch: Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill to help crypto companies report cybersecurity threats as regulators around the world try to provide frameworks for the digital […]

This Week in Washington  CyberScoop: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday that the agency responsible for answering questions about a significant breach of the U.S. federal courts system is “stonewalling” congressional efforts to get additional information and specifics. Washington Post: Leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are introducing legislation to help secure open-source software. GCN: A Biden

This Week in Washington  Nextgov CHIPS Act is a ‘Once in a Generation Investment’ to Build Partnerships, Officials Say Biden Administration officials and local lawmakers discussed their optimism in the burgeoning chip manufacturing industry the CHIPS and Science Act aims to spur into production, speaking to the positive economic ramifications domestic microprocessor manufacturing will potentially yield.

This Week in Washington  CyberScoop CISA to formally solicit industry feedback on cybersecurity incident reporting rules Federal cyber officials will formally ask industry leaders “in the next couple of days” to help shape the regulatory structure for cybersecurity incident reporting, Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said Wednesday.

This Week in Washington  The Hill Cyber agency highlights emerging threats from quantum computing The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released new advice Wednesday on ways critical infrastructure should prepare for potential security risks stemming from quantum computing. While quantum computing provides greater speed and power than classical computers, the emerging technology comes with potential

This Week in Washington  The Hill Lawmakers push for improved cybersecurity in health sector amid growing cyber threats Lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to strengthen the federal government’s cyber defenses in the health care sector amid a spike in cyberattacks, a push industry leaders see as a way to help protect a critical sector that

This Week in Washington  Fierce Telecom NTIA unleashes $1B in IIJA funding for Tribal broadband Back in late 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) set aside $2 billion for Tribal Broadband. Now, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is working to get that money out the door. The agency announced this week that

This Week in Washington  Nextgov Senators Propose Cybercrime Training Center Get 6 More Years of Congressional Support As law enforcement officials across the country continue to struggle with growing cyber and electronic crime-related threats, two leading senators are introducing legislation to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute, the nation’s foremost training center for digital forensics. The

This Week in Washington  Washington Post Senate passes bipartisan bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday that would provide $52 billion in subsidies to domestic semiconductor manufacturers and invest billions in science and technology innovation, in a bid to strengthen the United States’ competitiveness and self-reliance in what is seen

This Week in Washington  The Hill House panel advances landmark federal data privacy bill The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to advance federal data privacy legislation on a 53-2 vote, but regardless of whether it can clear the House, its prospects are dim in the Senate as Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) does not