John Katko

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

The bill would bring 60,000 TSA employees, including transportation security officers, under the same personnel system as other federal employees under…

Pay & Benefits

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, a Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston. Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global technology supply chain and are have been relentlessly targeting cloud service resellers and others since summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

GAO: Agencies had trouble dealing with major cyber incidents in 2020

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2020, file photo, Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill Washington. Some House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The Republican mavericks were led Katko, who wrote the measure with Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File)

Lawmaker sets sights on ‘CISA 2025’ legislative proposal

Cybersecurity

CISA looks to ‘operationalize’ evolving National Critical Functions framework

Cybersecurity

Nancy Pelosi, Pete Aguilar, Bennie Thompson

CISA cyber incident reporting requirements trip on defense bill finish line

Cybersecurity

TSA’s biggest challenge in two decades? Securing better pay for frontline workers, leaders say

Workforce

Defense bill set to deal civilian cyber agency a big power boost

Cybersecurity

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That's according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

CISA under pressure to put more teeth in cyber requirements following Colonial Pipeline attack

Cybersecurity

GAO flags longstanding quality and organizational concerns with DHS OIG

Agency Oversight

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, John Katko

Cybersecurity is one of those rare issues in Congress with bipartisan agreement

Cybersecurity

Inglis, Easterly tapped for cyber leadership roles at White House, CISA

Reporter's Notebook

Katko calls for $5B CISA budget to reflect its ‘quarterback’ status

House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.) says CISA needs “a lot more money and need a lot more resources” to meet its mission,…

Cybersecurity

(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

CISA tells agencies to patch or unplug on-premise Microsoft email systems

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said exploitations could let hackers gain persistent system access and control of an enterprise network.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers concerned CISA lacks ‘centralized visibility’ to hunt agency cyber threats

Cybersecurity

The Biden administration is touting a whole-of-government approach to cybersecurity that leading members of Congress has stressed for years.