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This March, BIO-ISAC was invited to join colleagues from the Council on Strategic Risks and the Engineering Biology Research Consortium for a Hill briefing. "Rapid advances at the intersection of biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and automation are opening a new frontier for US innovation and security. Cloud laboratories—digitally connected, automated facilities that execute biological experiments remotely and often in conjunction with AI Agents—are expanding research c

This April, BIO-ISAC joined colleagues in the UK for a horizon scanning workshop focused on cyberbiosecurity. Hosted on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology at King's College London, academics and industry leaders joined the event to share scenarios and explore the boundaries, issues, and urgent needs facing the intersection of cybersecurity and biology. Invited participants were tasked with sharing insights regarding the cybersecurity protections,

Over the last year, members of BIO-ISAC acknowledged the necessity to further enhance options for the protection of genomic data at the moment of production and during its use within the bioeconomy. There's better encryption on new digital cameras than what we have for genomic data! — BIO-ISAC Member In May 2024, BIO-ISAC convened a special topics workgroup to explore this statement and determine a path forward for genomic data integrity. This work spun out two important init

The virus known as H5N1 or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed by USDA March 25th to be found in cattle in the US.

Johns Hopkins APL and the BIO-ISAC hosted a tabletop exercise for experts from the public and private sectors to identify vulnerabilities.