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Panel criticizes agency reductions and use of unsecured apps; witnesses call for restored public‑private incident mechanisms
Summary
Members and witnesses criticized cuts to federal cybersecurity capacity and the use of unsecured commercial messaging apps by senior officials. Witnesses urged restoration of collaborative bodies like the Cyber Safety Review Board and improved federal information sharing to help industry defend against nation‑state threats.
Members of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and witnesses criticized recent reductions in federal cybersecurity coordination and raised concerns about senior officials using unsecured commercial messaging apps for sensitive conversations.
Laura Galante, who led the unified coordination group that responded to SALT Typhoon, said joint government‑industry mechanisms such as the Cyber Safety Review Board…
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