Consolidated Cyber Risk Stack: KEV Deadlines + OSCAL Draft + NICE Workforce Update
Today’s cyber segment is about execution, not anxiety. When exploited vulnerabilities come with a due date, your job becomes simple: reduce exposure fast and document exceptions clearly. NIST’s OSCAL draft work is a reminder that compliance evidence is moving toward machine-readable structures and automation. The NICE framework resources matter too, because shared role and skills language makes it easier to hire, train, and run repeatable security operations.
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2025-12-12 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/kev-data/develop/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv
2025-12-02 | https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2025/draft-charting-the-course-for-nist-oscal
2025-12-23 | https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/nice-framework-resource-center/nice-framework-and-workforce-framework-cybersecurity
News Date: 2025-12-23
AWS SDK for JavaScript v3 Aligns With the Node.js Release Schedule
AWS is aligning the AWS SDK for JavaScript v3 with the Node.js release schedule for ending support, starting in January 2026. Platform teams should treat this as a lifecycle governance moment, because a vendor dependency is now tied to runtime currency. Map apps to supported Node long-term support versions and make upgrade testing routine. This avoids surprise breakage, security gaps, and deprecation-driven fire drills.
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2025-12-08 | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-sdk-for-javascript-aligns-with-node-js-release-schedule/
News Date: 2025-12-08
READ AI Models Act Introduced (H.R. 6461)
Federal AI governance is still taking shape, but the direction is becoming clearer. The READ AI Models Act is a signal that AI inventories and reporting expectations may grow, especially for agencies and vendors. Standardize your internal model records now, including ownership, purpose, data sensitivity, evaluation notes, and operational guardrails. Good documentation today becomes speed and credibility later.
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2025-12-04 | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6461
News Date: 2025-12-04
AI Training for National Security Act Introduced (H.R. 6530)
AI strategy is quickly becoming workforce strategy, especially where national security is involved. Bills like this are reminders that training pipelines can migrate into program requirements and contract expectations. Define role-based AI competencies across engineering, security, legal, and operations, then map them to training content and measurable outcomes. That’s how you move faster with less risk.
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2025-12-09 | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6530
News Date: 2025-12-09
NIST Launches AI Economic Security Centers for Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure
NIST is tying AI to two concrete national priorities: manufacturing productivity and critical infrastructure security. That framing often leads to evaluation methods and measurement practices that later appear in procurement language. Watch for collaboration opportunities and emerging frameworks that reduce deployment risk, especially where AI touches operational technology and essential services. This is applied AI, not hype.
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2025-12-22 | https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/12/nist-launches-centers-ai-manufacturing-and-critical-infrastructure
News Date: 2025-12-22
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