February 3, 2021
Todayâs columnist, Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum, offers advice to Chris DeRusha, the new federal CISO. Durbin says the Biden administration has a great opportunity to work with the broader security community towards fostering security awareness and the need to protect data privacy.
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Todayâs columnist, Steve Durbin of the Information Security Forum, offers advice to Chris DeRusha the new federal CISO. Durbin says the Biden administration has a great opportunity to work with the broader security community towards fostering security awareness and the need to protect data privacy. TomLohdanCreativeCommonsCredit: CC BY 2.0
News that the Biden-Harris team seeks congressional approval for an enormous spending plan that includes some $9 billion for IT and cybersecurity and also just named a federal chief information security officer (CISO) offers some welcome hope.
Underfunded federal agencies are long overdue for an upgrade to modernize technology infrastructures and safeguard sensitive data. There have been some very worrying breaches in federal government that have exposed personal data âmost recently the SolarWinds hack â and itâs an urgent issue.
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with Aaron Schaffer After a volatile election cycle marred by unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud, a group of experts is recommending that President Biden form a commission to boost Americans confidence in elections and to propose ways to increase security by 2022. The Alliance for Securing Democracy and Center for Democracy and Technology, in a new report first shared with The Cybersecurity 202, wants Biden to form such a commission by executive order in his first term. They envision a six-month period for the commission to hear from a variety of stakeholders, including local election officials and cybersecurity experts, and recommend ways to improve U.S. election administration and faith in the results.
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The upper ranks of corporate security are seeing a high rate of change as companies try to adapt to the evolving threat landscape. Many companies are hiring a chief security officer (CSO) or chief information security officer (CISO) for the first time to support a deeper commitment to information security.
Follow this column to keep up with new appointments to senior-level security roles and perhaps gain a little insight into hiring trends. If you have an announcement of your own that you would like us to include here, contact Amy Bennett, executive editor.
New CISO appointments, February 2021