Tim Starks

Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. Email Tim here: tim.starks@cyberscoop.com.

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CISA directive orders agencies to prioritize vulnerability patching in a new way

AI

Nick Andersen, CISA acting director, at the Axonius Adapt In Action 2026 event. (Tim Starks, CyberScoop)

CISA is rethinking how it prioritizes risks and vulnerabilities for feds, private sector

AI

This illustration photograph taken on November 27, 2024, shows the logo of US instant messaging software Whatsapp displayed on a smartphone’s screen, in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Meta accuses NSO Group of defying spyware injunction, files contempt of court complaint

Privacy

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Hill Dems hammer GOP for $250M CISA budget cut

Government

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives to testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin pinpoints optimal CISA staffing levels

Government

Left to right: Charleen Laughlin, deputy chief of space operations for cyber and data, U.S. Space Force; Brandon Pugh, principle cyber adviser, U.S. Army; Katherine Sutton, assistant secretary for cyber policy and principal cyber adviser, Defense Department; and John Sahlin, vice president of cyber solutions for GDIT. (photo by Isaac Latimer for EPNAC/Scoop News Group)

DOD wants to integrate cyber in all operations, and integrate security into AI

AI

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on July 25, 2023. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House panel poised to hold hearing centered on AI impact on cyber

AI

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OpenAI heralds cybersecurity, election interference safeguard plans for 2026 midterms

AI

In this handout image provided by CYBERUK, Anne Keast-Butler, Director, GCHQ speaks during the CYBERUK 2024 at Birmingham ICC Arena on May 14, 2024 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Matthew Horwood for CYBERUK via Getty Images)

UK spy chief labels AI ‘unstoppable force’ with offensive, defensive ramifications for cyberspace

AI