Industry coalition urges Commerce Secretary Lutnick to prioritize funding NIST cyber efforts

A coalition of industry groups have sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick highlighting the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s collaborative work on cybersecurity and calling for continued funding to support those initiatives as agencies face cuts under the Trump administration’s efforts to find efficiencies.

“With escalating cybersecurity activity -- particularly from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which continues to actively target U.S. critical infrastructure -- it is imperative that we safeguard our nation’s ability to counter...