policy

Federal Cyber Reality Check: Capacity, Coordination, and Confidence Are Out of Sync

John Z Black Mar 18, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #cisa #dhs #critical-infrastructure #governance #policy #incident-response #federal-cyber

Staffing gaps, fuzzy lead-agency roles, and public messaging that doesn't always match operational uncertainty -- the layers of federal cyber aren't running in sync right now.

Europe's Biggest Tech Fines Are Getting Overturned in Court

John Z Black Mar 17, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #gdpr #amazon #cloudflare #eu-regulation #privacy #piracy-shield #italy #policy

Amazon just got a $858 million GDPR fine thrown out. Cloudflare is fighting Italy's Piracy Shield. Big Tech's legal teams are now the real counterparty to European regulation.

CISA Is Running on Fumes While Threats Keep Piling Up

John Z Black Mar 16, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #cisa #doge #policy #government #workforce #cybersecurity #institutional-risk

A third of CISA's workforce is gone. The agency is operating at 38% capacity during a shutdown. And a DOGE whistleblower alleges someone walked out with Social Security data. This isn't a policy debate. It's a capacity crisis.

The EU Just Made AI Nudification a Crime. Here's Why It Matters Beyond Europe.

John Z Black Mar 15, 2026

AI Security #eu-ai-act #ai-regulation #ncii #deepfake #policy #ai-ethics #prohibited-practices

The EU Council wants to ban AI nudification tools outright, not regulate them. Criminal-tier penalties, extraterritorial reach, and a standard that global platforms can't ignore.