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Virginia Executive Directive 6 (2026) — AI Cyber Threat Preparedness

Full name
Executive Directive 6 (2026) Directing a Commonwealth-Wide Preparedness Approach to Cyber Threats Posed by Artificial Intelligence and Recursive Self-Improvement Development
Citation
Executive Directive 6 (2026), Commonwealth of Virginia
Jurisdiction
Va.
In force
2026-10-23
Text
governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/ed/ED-6-va-cyber-threats-ai-preparedness.pdf
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Virginia Executive Directive 6 requires statewide AI cyber-threat plan and Cyber Consortium

Virginia issued Executive Directive 6 on October 23, 2026, directing the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the AI Task Force to prepare a coordinated cyber-threat response and infrastructure-hardening plan. The directive requires a Cyber Consortium under the Unified Readiness Framework, quarterly readiness briefings, and an independent privacy and security review of interoperable data systems. It takes effect on signing.

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