OMB Says Compliance Still Slows AI Cyber Deployment

Outdated compliance processes are continuing to slow the deployment of advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyber defenses across the federal government, a senior Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official said Tuesday. Speaking at the Digital Government Institute’s 930gov conference in Washington, D.C., Nick Polk, branch director for federal cybersecurity at OMB, said reducing compliance burdens remains a top priority as agencies work to operationalize AI-powered cyber defenses.