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Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, highlighted shifts to cloud-based services and multifactor identification as areas where federal funds could be used to improve state and local cybersecurity. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images) On the heels of President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, Chris Krebs, former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, suggested Wednesday that it was “well past time” for a large, federal grant program to improve state and local cybersecurity. “I really think that it...

by Grant Gross Print this article More than two months after taking office, President Joe Biden has yet to nominate a national cybersecurity director, even as the federal government deals with the massive SolarWinds breach announced late last year. Several lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are pushing the Biden administration to name a cybersecurity director to be in charge of federal cybersecurity policy and strategy. The new job, created in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act passed on Jan. 1, would take on some of the White House cybersecurity coordinator...

Deadline – MSNBC [ Editor’s Note: Chris Krebs is a solid guy, as you can see from his Wiki material below. He will somehow survive without working for Trump, as will everybody else. It seems Trump is planning to work at being the American president that keeps getting elections stolen from him, which if he runs in 2024 will be a worse defeat than in 2020. Krebs hit the nail on the head with his last line of the interview, used in the title. If Republicans have the good fortune of finding a huge vein of gold in a hoard of crazy voters that can put them in office, they will throw the doors w...

CISA Welcomes New Members to Leadership Team WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today that three new administration appointees have joined the agency in leadership roles.  Nitin Natarajan has joined CISA as its Deputy Director, Eric Goldstein as Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, and Dr. David Mussington as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security.  Deputy Director Natarajan was most recently a Director at Avantus Federal in the Homeland Security and Federal Civilian markets.  Executive Assistant Directo...

CISA Names Three Leadership Appointments GavrBY/Shutterstock.com email February 22, 2021 CISA announced a new deputy director, executive assistant director for cybersecurity and executive assistant director for infrastructure security. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added to its leadership Monday, announcing three appointments—each of whom have previous experience in the federal government. Nitin Natarajan, formerly a director at Avantus Federal in the Homeland Security and federal/civilian markets, will serve as CISA’s deputy directo...