CISA appointed 13 new members to its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, counting former representatives like John Katko and Jim Langevin, as well as Chris Inglis, who served as the U.S. National Cyber Director. The committee is composed of public and private cybersecurity experts who offer guidance on policies, programs, and planning.
The newly elected members include Google’s Royal Hansen and Ciaran Martin, former CEO of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre. Private sector cybersecurity leaders from the NFL, General Motors, VMware, Union Pacific, and Atlantic Health System were also add on to the committee.
During the committee’s sixth overall meeting and first of 2023, Jen Easterly, Director of CISA, expressed her enthusiasm for welcoming the newest members, who bring a wealth of experience from both government and industry. She eagerly anticipates hearing their perspectives and recommendations for improving the nation’s cyber resilience in the face of ongoing cybersecurity challenges. The Committee’s recommendations and continuous efforts have been crucial in CISA’s mission to transform into the Cyber Defense Agency that the nation truly needs and deserves.
Director Easterly emphasized the significance of private sector involvement in CISA’s mission to promote the development of technology products that are secure by design and by default, as pledged by the White House.
On Tuesday, Bobby Chesney, who is both a Committee member and the dean of the University of Texas School of Law, stated that Texas is still developing the initiative. Easterly reports that the committee proposed 29 recommendations to CISA, and the agency has either fully or partially accepted all of them. CISA will include some of the suggestions as general principles in its assignment statements, while it plans to pursue specific endeavors in the future.
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