Jen Easterly

Federal efforts on critical infrastructure cybersecurity come under White House review

Amid concerns about Russian cyber attacks, a new White House office is reviewing federal efforts to secure U.S. critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity

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From ‘partner’ to ‘regulatory enforcer’: CISA takes on complex cyber incident reporting mandate

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Back to the office, begrudgingly? What agencies can learn from CISA’s office reentry plans

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Despite ‘extraordinary’ federal response, Log4J will haunt agencies for months to come

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After turbulent cyber year, agencies enter 2022 with fresh security crisis on hand

Cybersecurity

CISA advisory committee could “reframe” approach to network security

Cybersecurity

CISA looks to ‘operationalize’ evolving National Critical Functions framework

Cybersecurity

Agencies get Christmas Eve deadline to address ‘extremely concerning’ vulnerability

Cybersecurity

CISA names big tech, financial execs and others to Cybersecurity Advisory Committee

Cybersecurity

‘Groundbreaking’ CISA directive to overhaul cyber vulnerability management process

Cybersecurity

Defense bill set to deal civilian cyber agency a big power boost

Cybersecurity

Biden cybersecurity leaders back incident reporting legislation as ‘absolutely critical’

Senior officials supported fines for companies that don’t comply with proposed cyber reporting regulations.

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. President Joe Biden has selected two former senior National Security Agency officials for key cyber roles in his administration. Chris Inglis, a former NSA deputy director, is being nominated as the government's first national cyber director. Jen Easterly, a former deputy for counterterrorism at the NSA, has been tapped to run the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

CISA looks to tie together public-private partnerships through new cyber planning office

A new “Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative” launched by the agency includes major cloud providers, telecommunications giants, and cyber threat hunting companies.

Cybersecurity

Senate confirms permanent director for CISA

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast: The U.S. Senate confirms a full-time, permanent leader. The booming national housing market takes a toll on military families. And federal firefighters are closer to a pay raise.