By Justin Katz
Feb 24, 2021
Einstein, a core component of the government s National Cybersecurity Protection System, was unable to stop the Solarwinds compromise because it focuses on attacks coming from outside the network, according to the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA is exploring ways to monitor internal anomalous activities, such as a network management system communicating through an encrypted channel to an entity outside the network, Brandon Wales, acting CISA chief, said at a Feb. 18 event hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding. There are things that clearly need to be done to enhance our ability to stop attacks like this in the future. One that we are working on is better insights and visibility into the end points, he said.
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The Cybersecurity 202: Investigations into Russian, North Korean hackers are shaping Biden s foreign policy Tonya Riley
with Aaron Schaffer
The Biden administration is plunging ahead in a pair of high-profile cybersecurity investigations into North Korean and Russian hackers, shedding light on how it plans to crack down on foreign hackers after the Trump administration downplayed the issue in the 2016 election and its aftermath. The Biden administration yesterday elaborated on its ongoing investigation into a massive Russian hack of at least nine government agencies and about 100 companies tied to the SolarWinds breach. The White House is focused on “working to expel the adversary, we are working to build those networks and improve the cybersecurity of federal networks, and we re also carefully thinking through how we respond,” Anne Neuberger, national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, told reporters in her first White House briefing.