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ADVERTISEMENT “For several years, the Federal government has underestimated the cyber threats posed to state and local networks and neglected the federal government’s responsibility to help defend them,” Thompson and Clarke said in a joint statement on Monday. “Inaction has proven costly for victims – from Albany to Atlanta. And response to opportunistic breaches take the time away from defending against more sophisticated attacks.” The lawmakers described cybersecurity threats to state and local governments as a “national security issue” and noted that they intend to work wi...

Thinkstock The Biden administration has hit the ground running on cybersecurity, reportedly getting ready to nominate what some have called a “world-class” cybersecurity team of officials and prioritizing efforts to tackle the worst hack in US history, the SolarWinds breach. The renewed effort to tackle cybersecurity matters couldn’t come soon enough. The Trump administration all but gutted the White House and other government offices of cybersecurity expertise. In a series of steps that started with the elimination of a White House cybersecurity coordinator and ended wit...

Federal cyber agency reevaluating its role in countering election disinformation Maggie Miller © Greg Nash Federal cyber agency reevaluating its role in countering election disinformation The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the key federal group responsible for election security, is reevaluating its role in countering disinformation and misinformation after the agency stood up a web page to address misleading election claims last year. Acting CISA Director Brandon Wales on Wednesday described decisions made by the agency to address election disinfor...

Senate confirms Mayorkas as secretary of homeland security over GOP objections By Nicole Sganga and Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: February 2, 2021 / 6:16 PM / CBS News Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas, Pete Buttigieg Washington — The Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), confirming the former federal prosecutor and Obama-era immigration official to lead the department by a vote of 56 to 43. The final tally reflected opposition from some Republican senators to the new ...

Department of Homeland Security stuck in neutral while awaiting confirmation vote for Mayorkas The delay in confirming President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary has left the department without clear direction as it confronts a series of stark challenges, including domestic terror threats, a massive cyber breach, uncertainty at the border and helping coordinate the distribution of Covid vaccines. Alejandro Mayorkas, the nominee for DHS secretary, will have a final confirmation vote this week after a holdup in the Senate that angered Democrats and caused a flurry of effort to get the ...