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The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers want Biden to fund technology they say could secure American telecommunications companies from spies Tonya Riley
with Aaron Schaffer
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging President Biden to include $3 billion in funding for technology it says would reduce American reliance on Chinese telecommunications equipment that could provide a back door for spying. The money would go to funds established by Congress last year to encourage more American companies to switch over to Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology. The technology is essentially the software version of the hardware components needed to connect phones within 5G networks.
Top Homeland Security Senators Want Details on Agencies Hit in SolarWinds, Microsoft Intrusions BlackJack3D/iStock.com
email April 6, 2021 02:24 PM ET
Sens. Gary Peters and Rob Portman also request more information on key defensive programs and federal cyber leadership.
The top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are looking for documents showing which information systems, individuals, teams and programs at federal agencies were compromised or targeted in the recent SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange intrusions “to the greatest level of detail possible.”
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, HSGAC chairman and ranking member, respectively, sent letters dated April 5 to the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the federal chief information security officer at the Office of Management and Budget for more information on the hacks following a March 18 hear
By Justin Katz
The top two senators on a committee overseeing the Department of Homeland Security are calling on the agency to provide documents that would highlight the capabilities and limitations of the federal government s flagship cybersecurity programs.
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) want the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide documents sufficient to show the technical capabilities and any planned improvements of Einstein and the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, according to an April 5 letter the lawmakers sent to CISA s acting director Brandon Wales.
The senators are also asking for specific information systems compromised at federal agencies shared with CISA in regards to the SolarWinds and MS Exchange cyberattacks as well as a report CISA produced in 2020 on the efficacy of Einstein utilizing classified indicators.
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