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New Biden nominees to top Hill’s cyber to-do list 04/12/2021 10:00 AM EDT Editor’s Note: Weekly Cybersecurity is a weekly version of POLITICO Pro’s daily Cybersecurity policy newsletter, Morning Cybersecurity. POLITICO Pro is a policy intelligence platform that combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. Quick Fix that will likely receive sustained oversight in the weeks ahead. — Key lawmakers still ...

Satya Nadella: SolarWinds Hack Underscores Need For ‘Moving To The Cloud’ The Microsoft CEO sees the cyberattack as a ‘wake-up call for all companies to take security as a first-class priority.’ By Donna Goodison April 12, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT The massive SolarWinds hack that ensnared Microsoft and thousands of SolarWinds customers underscores the importance of implementing zero trust architecture and migrating to the cloud, according to Microsoft CEO Sat...

By Justin Katz   The White House confirmed plans to nominate John C. Inglis and Jen Easterly to key cybersecurity roles in the Biden administration. President Joe Biden will nominate John “Chris” Inglis, the former deputy director of the National Security Agency, to become the first national cyber director, according to a statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Sullivan also said the White House will nominate Jen Easterly, a veteran intelligence official, to lead the Cybers...

The split with the GOP could widen, with unpredictable results.

President Joe Biden nominated Jen Easterly, center, to be the next head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. (Eric Gibson/ New America/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) President Biden announced key cybersecurity leadership nominations Monday, proposing Jen Easterly as the next head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and John “Chris” Inglis as the first ever national cyber director (NCD). The announcement ends months of speculation over t...

Chad Wolf said the information was all unclassified but the compromise was still disturbing.

Apr 12 2021, 11:54 PM April 12 2021, 8:05 PM April 12 2021, 11:54 PM (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden plans to nominate officials for two key immigration jobs as the administration confronts an historic influx of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House said on Monday. (Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden plans to nominate officials for two key immigration jobs as the administration confronts an historic influx of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House said on Monday. Bi...

Biden to name Chris Inglis as new national cyber director President Joe Biden is expected on Monday to name Chris Inglis to the new position of national cyber director, an official familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. Inglis — whose legal first name is John but who goes by Chris — is a former National Security Agency deputy director. The Washington Post was first to report his appointment. The White House on Monday announced that Biden will also nominate Jen Easterly, a former NSA int...

Why Didnt Government Detect SolarWinds Attack? Twitter Sens. Gary Peters (left) and Rob Portman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Two senators are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to explain why its Einstein system failed to detect the SolarWinds supply chain breach that affected nine federal agencies as well as private corporations. Sen. Garry Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Rob Por...

BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 Twitter Former CISA Director Christopher Krebs (Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies) The federal government should provide more funding to state and local agencies for IT projects that could enhance cybersecurity and help mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks, says Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Speaking at a Wednesday event, Krebs said that while the National Defense Authorizatio...