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Veteran of White House, DHS steps into federal CISO role News Highlights: Veteran of White House, DHS steps into federal CISO role. Biden’s administration has wasted no time appointing the new federal chief information security officer. They just didn’t tell anyone that Chris DeRusha started on January 25th. Former Office of Management and Budget officials “made the news” of DeRusha’s appointment, and DeRusha confirmed it by changing his LinkedIn page. Federal News Network further co...

Biden administration appoints Chris DeRusha as federal CISO Maggie Miller © Getty Images Biden administration appoints Chris DeRusha as federal CISO The Biden administration has picked Chris DeRusha, the former top cyber official on the Biden campaign, to fill the role of federal chief information security officer. DeRushas appointment, first reported by CyberScoop, was made public on his LinkedIn profile on Monday night, and confirmed by acting Federal Chief Information Off...

Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration Reuters January 25, 2021 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the US  government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. “It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber,” said Suzanne Spaulding, dir...

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The Cybersecurity 202: SolarWinds hack could supercharge cybersecurity lobbying spending Tonya Riley with Aaron Schaffer Cybersecurity companies spent more money on lobbying efforts in Washington in 2020. Fallout from the SolarWinds breach could cause it to explode in 2021.  Collectively, 12 large publicly-traded cybersecurity companies spent roughly $4.3 million on lobbying last year, according to an analysis of federal lobbying disclosures by The Cybersecurity 202.  Th...

Joe Biden enlists world class cybersecurity team after big hack on US government By Reuters By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn Washington - President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S. government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. "It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber," sai...

WATCH: Joe Biden hires world class cybersecurity team to avoid future hacks By The team he enlisted has deep cyber expertise and knowledge in the area Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration WASHINGTON: In a bid to ensure the US government recovers from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies by Russian spies, President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise and knowledge in the area. “It is great to see the pri...

Friday, 22 Jan 2021 07:49 PM MYT The other four hires are Michael Sulmeyer as senior director for cyber, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (pic) as Homeland security advisor, Russ Travers as deputy homeland security advisor and Caitlin Durkovich as senior director for resilience and response at the NSC. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep c...

President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S. government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies.

By Syndicated Content By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S. government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. "It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber," said Suzanne Spaulding, director of t...