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February 19, 2026 |
White Paper |
Tracking Cybersecurity Policy Developments Across State Legislatures: 2025 Enacted LegislationBy: Shannon Pierson, Sree Varsha Bhanoor A new report from researchers at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Public Interest Cybersecurity Program presents a first-of-its-kind empirical analysis of every cybersecurity-related bill enacted in all 50 states during the 2025 legislative sessions. The research identifies nationwide patterns in the cyber policy issues states addressed, the regulatory approaches they adopted, and the entities and sectors they chose to regulate. |
bug bountycyber civil defensegovernancehealthcarepolicypublic interest cybersecurity |
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February 11, 2026 |
White Paper |
Agentic AI Risk-Management Standards ProfileBy: Nada Madkour, Jessica Newman, Deepika Raman, Krystal Jackson, Evan R. Murphy, Charlotte Yuan A new paper authored by researchers from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity’s Artificial Intelligence Security Initiative (AISI) focuses on “AI agents” or “agentic AI,” AI systems that can autonomously pursue goals and take actions with little to no human oversight, often through interaction with external environments and tools. |
artificial intelligence (AI)digital harmsgovernancehuman rightsmisinformationNISTpolicyreinforcement learningrisksurveillance |
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January 27, 2026 |
White Paper |
AI Risk-Management Standards Profile for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) and Foundation Models v1.2Coming soon… The General-Purpose AI Risk-Management Standards Profile (“GPAI Profile”) Version 1.2 is planned for release in March 2026. View Version 1.1 released in January 2025. Contact Nada… |
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January 22, 2026 |
White Paper |
Toward Risk Thresholds for AI-Enabled Cyber Threats: Enhancing Decision-Making Under Uncertainty with Bayesian NetworksBy: Krystal Jackson, Deepika Raman, Jessica Newman, Nada Madkour, Charlotte Yuan, Evan R. Murphy Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to augment and automate cyber operations, altering the scale, speed, and accessibility of malicious activity. For example, AI can be used… |
artificial intelligence (AI)cybercrimedigital harmsgovernancepolicyrisk |
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October 30, 2025 |
White Paper |
Securing Mutual Aid: Cybersecurity Practices and Design Principles for Financial TechnologyBy: Elijah Baucom, Anna Lanzino, Yvette Vargas, Nicholas Perematko Mutual aid organizations, such as food banks, disaster relief, direct cash assistance, and bail funds, serve as critical community pillars, yet their efforts are increasingly under threat in… |
cyber civil defensedigital harmsgovernanceinfrastructuremultifactor authenticationpasswordspublic interest cybersecurityusable security |
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October 1, 2025 |
White Paper |
Enhancing Cyber Resilience for Equitable Healthcare: Analysis of Cyberattacks Targeting Sexual and Reproductive Facilities and ServicesBy: Pavlina Pavlova Healthcare is among the most targeted and vulnerable sectors for cyberattacks. Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) facilities and services in particular face financially motivated ransomware attacks and data… |
cyber civil defensedigital harmsgovernancehealthcarehospitalshuman rightsmisinformationmultifactor authenticationpublic interest cybersecurityusable security |
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September 19, 2025 |
White Paper |
Building Trust: Quantifying Use of the .gov Domain Below the Federal LevelBy: Chris Babcock Trust in digital government services relies on users’ ability to verify that websites and emails genuinely represent official institutions. The .gov top-level domain (TLD), managed by the Cybersecurity… |
cyber civil defensedigital harmselectionsgovernanceNISTpolicypublic interest cybersecurity |
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August 6, 2025 |
White Paper |
A Path to Long-Term Cyber Resilience for Under-Resourced OrganizationsBy: Michael Razeeq Across the United States, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments (“SLTTs”), small- and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”), and nonprofits are frequently targeted in cyber attacks, leading to significant financial… |
cyber civil defensedigital harmsgovernanceinfrastructurenational securitypublic interest cybersecuritywater |
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August 4, 2025 |
White Paper |
Economics of Cyber Policies for Critical CareBy: Aden Klein Cyberattacks are a pressing threat to hospital operations, patient health data, and, most importantly, patient lives. Cybersecurity insurance has become a key component of resilience for the… |
cyber civil defensedigital harmshealthcarehospitalsinfrastructureinsurancepolicy |
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June 17, 2025 |
White Paper |
The Roadmap to Community Cyber Defense: A Path Forward from the Cyber Resilience CorpsBy: Sarah Powazek, Grace Menna Community organizations — including nonprofits, hospitals, schools, local utilities, city governments, and small businesses — deliver vital services to the public, but they are often the least prepared to… |
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