DHS Nominee Pledges Review of Agency’s Core Cybersecurity Programs Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 19. Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives.
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President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas promised to review the agency’s early detection and monitoring systems that failed to alert officials to the widespread cybersecurity breaches affecting federal agencies and private-sector critical infrastructure.
Mayorkas said he looks forward to “conducting a thorough review . to understand whether Einstein and [Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation], as it is commonly referred to, are appropriately designed and appropriately and effectively executed to stop a threat such as SolarWind