Trump Cyber Leader Explores Changes in Incident Reporting Rules

The Trump administration wants to check if federal rules that require companies report certain data breaches and ransomware attacks are working as intended—or if they need a revamp, a senior cyber official said Monday.

In his first remarks since the Friday release of the long-awaited National Cyber Strategy, White House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross doubled down on the administration’s plan to streamline cyber regulations, one of the strategy’s main pillars.

The Trump administration seeks to “make sure that information flow is working well, that incident reporting makes sense to industry, that it’s not overly burdensome,” Cairncross said ...