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Cyber

CISA Outlines Post-Quantum Security Priorities For Critical Infrastructures

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

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CISA Outlines Post-Quantum Security Priorities For Critical Infrastructures

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday identified three areas where stakeholders of the nation’s most vital functions must be engaged to begin securing digital communications ahead of the introduction of quantum computers, which will pose significant risks to current encryption capabilities. The new CISA Insight, Preparing Critical Infrastructure for Post-Quantum Cryptography, outlines three National Critical Function (NCF) areas for the government and industry to prioritize. One set of NCFs are those that will support the migration of…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]