The pilot comes as public-sector cybersecurity teams face increasingly sophisticated threats, often while operating with limited staff and resources.

“The threat environment has changed" and the lines between physical and digital attacks have blurred, said one security expert involved in FIFA World Cup Planning.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clarified that state and local governments can use federal cyber grant funding to pay for services from membership organizations, provided they…

Warner's bill would authorize $50 million annually for the MS-ISAC, doubling the federal government's investment.

All levels of United States government should prepare for a wave of “low-level cyber activity,” an intelligence group shared with its members in an online briefing.

Organizers at the nonprofit Center for Internet Security said states are proving resilient in the face of a more challenging budgetary environment.

The Center for Internet Security's agreement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will not be renewed at the end of the month.

As cybersecurity support from the federal government dwindles, state and local officials are considering their options.

Carlos Kizzee, at the Center for Internet Security, says the organization will provide gap funding to keep the MS-ISAC operational, but that a long-term plan is still…

Carlos Kizzee, an executive at the Center for Internet Security, said the group will continue funding services to state and local governments after recent cuts by the…