Tag: homeland security
Fresh Focus on Cyber-Attacks for CISA
One of the greatest challenges now facing President Trump’s new administration is to protect the US’s critical infrastructure and its economy from the rapidly growing menace of cyber-attacks. On Friday, the president’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, signalled a new direction for America’s main cybersecurity agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which, she says, urgently needs to be realigned away from focusing on misinformation and curtailing free speech and more towards preventing cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure in the US.
US Congress tries to block new cyber rulings
New cybersecurity rulings due to come into full force less than a month from today are being blocked in the US Congress and the House of Representatives. The new rulings include the mandatory reporting of any ‘material’ cyber-attack within four working days and were drawn up by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). But, according to a statement issued by Congressman Andrew Barbarino, Chairman of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee, and Senator Thom Tillis: “This cybersecurity disclosure rule is a complete overreach on the part of the SEC … also increasing cybersecurity risk without a congressional mandate and in direct contradiction to public law that is intended to secure the homeland.”