Senators introduced a bill last week to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of Homeland Security.

By making the Vulnerability Equities Process law, advocates of the idea argue there would be more reliability, transparency and accountability in the process of government vulnerability disclosure.

The United States is losing on the cyber-battlefield and face a bleak threat landscape, according to DHS chairman Michael McCaul. But, he says, there is still hope to turn things around.

The Department of Homeland Security formally announced its plan to develop a set of strategic principles for the Internet of Things.