Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Panel presses for regulatory harmonization, secure AI practices and faster post‑quantum planning
Loading...
Summary
Witnesses at the Homeland Security field hearing urged harmonized cybersecurity rules, agile compliance regimes, secure AI‑by‑design approaches, and earlier action on post‑quantum cryptography to protect data and accelerate secure innovation.
Lawmakers and witnesses at a House Homeland Security field hearing said regulatory harmonization, secure AI practices and more urgent planning for quantum‑era threats are needed to safeguard U.S. infrastructure while preserving innovation.
Janette Manfra of Google Cloud urged an "agile" regulatory approach and recommended aligning baseline requirements across sectors. "Regulatory agility will help reduce compliance burdens, enhance coordination, build public trust, and allow for a more resilient approach," she said, advocating use of established programs such as FedRAMP and automation tools like OSCAL to streamline authorizations.
Witnesses warned of AI‑related risks as adoption accelerates and called for building security into AI systems. Wendy Whitmore recommended embracing AI for defense while protecting AI infrastructure: "We can leverage AI to analyze security data in real time and then automate our responses," she said, and called for frameworks to "discover, assess, and protect against threats to AI infrastructure." Jack Cable added that AI coding assistance can introduce vulnerabilities, citing studies that top models "write vulnerable code 30 to 40% of the time," and urged guardrails for secure AI coding.
Committee members and witnesses also discussed cryptographic risks from future quantum computing. Janette Manfra noted planning timelines and urged organizations to adopt post‑quantum cryptography well before projected capability milestones; witnesses referenced federal timelines (discussion cited a 2035 target) and said implementing post‑quantum measures requires multiyear effort.
No regulatory rulemaking or statutory changes were voted on at the hearing. Members said they will pursue harmonization and consider incentives for secure AI and expedited post‑quantum readiness across federal and critical infrastructure sectors.
