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President Trump nominates Bryan Ware from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to become assistant director of the agency’s cybersecurity unit.

The top five application vulnerabilities for 2019 are cross-site scripting, injection, security misconfiguration, password flaws & sensitive data exposure, Coalfire pentesting reveals.

The City of New Orleans will raise its cyber insurance coverage from $3 million to $10 million after a recent ransomware attack shut down government systems.

States will receive $425 million in election grants to improve cybersecurity as part of a new U.S. federal spending deal hammered out by members of the House and Senate, according to multiple reports.

The K-12 Cybersecurity Act seeks to protect U.S. schools from cyberattacks. Legislation seeks to tap Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expertise.

Apple & Facebook reaffirm vow not to build back doors into their products for law enforcement use, despite pressure from U.S. government officials.

FTC announces four organizations reach settlements in EU-US Privacy Shield cases.

Heightened cyber risks to critical U.S. infrastructure present an “existential threat” to national security, the NIAC cautioned in a newly published draft report.