The measure would require CISA to refresh long-outdated sector cybersecurity plans as lawmakers warn that advanced AI tools could accelerate the discovery and exploitation of software flaws.
Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks to members of the media after participating in a hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee also sent letters to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and to every governor…
Sen. Warner says state and local officials report getting less training, intelligence, and cybersecurity help.
The move is part of CISA’s response “to the current threat landscape where AI software services can assist threat actors to find…
Amid AI’s rapid advances, the three-term senator from Virginia says nobody’s ready for what the technology could do to us.
Officials have considered having the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency leverage the advanced AI model that was…
Federal government will be directed to plan first to ward off the most devastating attacks.
