Key cyber statutes at risk again as Congress works to avert shutdown

Executive summary: The article warns that several critical U.S. cybersecurity authorities—most notably the Cybersecurity Information-Sharing Act of 2015, the National Cybersecurity Protection System, and the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program—are at risk of lapsing if Congress does not finalize DHS funding before the upcoming deadline. It outlines the temporary extensions applied during prior continuing resolutions, the potential operational impacts on federal and state cyber defenses, and notes ongoing negotiations in Congress to fund most agencies while DHS funding remains under separate consideration.