CSIS argues for expanding Coast Guard cyber authorities under major defense policy bill

The Center for Strategic and International Studies highlights new resources for the Coast Guard under the July reconciliation law to strengthen maritime cyber capabilities, in a post reviewing efforts to reauthorize the agency as part of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

“With nearly $25 billion of funding in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the USCG finds itself in the favorable—if unfamiliar—position of having resource winds at its back. The result? A chance for generational change in...