CXC’s CEO, Dave Wulf, and Summer Fellows attended USBTA's top-flight "State of the EOD and Bomb Technician Community" event in July. The event included an opportunity to hear from members of the Congressional EOD Caucus USBTA members, showcasing a high level of understanding of issues of importance to the bomb-tech community and sharing insights on budget/appropriations priorities. During the event, CISA was a topic of interest to include the current Strategic Review and prioritization of activities.

A recurring theme in our recent conversations with the water sector is the growing concern that water – despite underpinning every other critical infrastructure sector –  is struggling with resourcing and proper prioritization amidst the other critical infrastructure sectors. 

Read more in our members-only insight.   

The White House's new America-First Resilience Strategy contains many principles familiar to the critical infrastructure community, including shared responsibility and risk-informed resilience. All of which underscores the significance of the community that has come together within CXC to facilitate practical collaboration trusted relationships, and cross-sector security and resilience. More notably, the strategy signals a continued shift toward greater responsibility for states, local governments, communities, and the private sector in building national resilience. What could that mean for critical infrastructure owners and operators?

What you need to know:  

The FAA has extended the Section 2209 Comment Period until August 5^th.  

The proposed rule would establish the process for eligible critical infrastructure facilities to request and maintain restrictions on unmanned aircraft (drone) operations over their sites.
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CXC's CEO, Dave Wulf, was in Orlando to keynote the Maritime Transportation System ISAC's Cybersecurity Summit, participating in a fireside chat with MTS-ISAC Executive Director Shawn Whiteside.

Executive Director Kelly Murray spoke at the Global Partner Forum on Effective Corporate Social Responsibility in a Changing World alongside colleagues from American Express, American Airlines, CoAction Global, and AirLink.

We’ve added new sponsors, members, and strategic partners! Check out the member network and sponsors and partners page to learn more and connect with the CXC network!

Executive Director Kelly Murray attended the American Water Works Association ACE 2026 conference, touring the expo hall and connecting with water utilities, industry associations, and solutions providers.

Executive Director Kelly Murray spoke at SIA’s GovSummit event on May 20th alongside CISA and Unlimited Technology on insider threat programs for critical infrastructure. CISA resources available!

Executive Director Kelly Murray spoke on Scaling Resilience of critical infrastructure across multiple sectors. The panel included speakers from United Airlines, AirLink, and Price Waterhouse Cooper. Check out the panel insights and link for full content.

The Inaugural CXC Symposium will be on June 18th at 400 N Capital St Northwest, Washington, DC. Please use the below link to register and secure your spot now! 

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/cross-sector-inaugural-symposium

We have a great agenda coming together (check it out here!) featuring expert discussions on topics such as AI, drones, and supply chain security. The morning sessions are open to all registrants (including non-members). In the afternoon, Advisory Board members will be meeting for closed discussions on the priorities and future projects of CXC.

Excited to spread the word on CISA’s new initiative, CI Fortify, that provides guidance to strengthen operational technology (OT) resilience against nation-state cyber threats. CXC will be working with CISA on this initiative. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gZJizedC

Dave and Kelly had a wonderful opportunity to promote the Center for Cross-Sector Coordination in an Interview with Homeland Security Today. They highlighted the importance of critical infrastructure protection, threats facing this community, interdependent network of the sectors, and the path forward for CXC.

Dave Wulf had the opportunity to be on hand for AFPM's Security Conference in New Orleans.  In addition to spending time with a number of our CXC Founding Sponsors and Advisory Board Members, he was struck by the high-level insights delivered across so many top-of-mind priorities in the infrastructure security and resilience arena.

Kelly Murray spoke at the Homeland Security Today’s Counterterrorism 2026 conference on Protecting Critical Infrastructure in a Multi-Domain Threat Environment. Speaker insights include the criticality of protecting the entirety of the critical infrastructure supply chain…

Dave Wulf and Kelly Murray had the opportunity to present CXC at the National Council of Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs).

CXC has added several more advisory board members from critical infrastructure owners and operators, associations, former government, and technology and solutions providers.

Dave Wulf spoke at the Chlorine Institute Annual meeting. His speaker insights included discussion around ways to build and maintain a strong organizational culture.

The Center for Cross-Sector Coordination LinkedIn page is live and climbing in followers! Activity is on the rise so please follow, tag, and comment on the pages to keep our community growing!

We’ve added new sponsors of CXC! Check out the webpage to see our latest sponsors!