Government Regulations , Data Security , Privacy House OKs short-term renewal for surveillance program April 21, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Stock Photo, Getty Images) Legislation that would provide a 10-day extension for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been approved by the House, representing a setback for President Donald Trump and House GOP leaders, who had sought an 18-month renewal, according to The Record , a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had attempted to advance a five-year extension with limited changes for the program. The proposal failed, along with a separate vote blocking a proposed 18-month renewal. Lawmakers ultimately green-lit a short-term renewal for continued negotiations. The Congress has been previously notified that the nation's intelligence court had renewed the surveillance program for another year. This allows the National Security Agency to continue collecting electronic communications through March 2027 even if a long-term reauthorization is not completed. Section 702 allows intelligence agencies to gather communications involving foreign targets without a warrant, though it also captures data of an unspecified number of Americans. It was last renewed in 2024. SC Staff Related Government Regulations Executive order spurs push for stronger identity proofing SC Staff April 20, 2026 Industry leaders are seizing upon the Trump administration's Executive Order 14390 to argue that the federal government's aggressive posture toward cyber-enabled fraud prosecutions must be matched by an equally robust investment in digital identity infrastructure, which they contend remains the primary, underutilized lever for disrupting the economics of large-scale impersonation, reports Biometric Update. Security Operations FISA Section 702 debate: Lawmakers clash over surveillance powers ahead of expiration SC Staff April 17, 2026 Section 702 allows agencies like the NSA and CIA to monitor foreign communications, but this process can sweep up data from U.S. citizens who communicate with targets abroad. Government Regulations Netgear gets FCC exemption from foreign-made router ban SC Staff April 16, 2026 Cybersecurity Dive reports that Netgear has been excluded from the U.S. government's sweeping ban on foreign-made routers. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Anonymization Block Cipher Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Diffie-Hellman Digital Envelope Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) Discretionary Access Control (DAC) Geolocation Identity Theft Inference Attack You can skip this ad in 5 seconds