The partial U.S. government shutdown has been rapidly becoming a “nightmare scenario” for national cybersecurity. So reports CNBC.

The National Cyber Security Centre in the U.K. announced a new public disclosure process with respect to “potentially sensitive software flaws.” So reports NBC News.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is proposing $174 million in technology spending, ranging in areas from voter security to the state’s new driver’s license system. So reports the Grand Forks Herald.

Cybersecurity threats and mounting corporate debt for non-financial sector firms pose some of the biggest threats to U.S. financial stability, according to new report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council. So reports Pensions and Investments.