Federal government will be directed to plan first to ward off the most devastating attacks.
CISA's agency acting director, Nick Andersen
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By David DiMolfetta
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW
June 9, 2026 03:00 PM ET
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The forthcoming mandate aims to triage vulnerabilities by real-world consequences of a successful cyberattack, marking a major…
The move is part of CISA’s response “to the current threat landscape where AI software services can assist threat actors to find…
The new directive gives federal agencies three days to fix the most dangerous flaws, while less severe issues can be deferred.
In recent years, the U.S. government has reoriented its cybersecurity strategy away from prevention and toward resilience.
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