New cybersecurity guide aimed at protecting nation's critical infrastructure released by government

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a long-awaited list of cyber performance goals for the nation's critical infrastructure. 

The 28-page guide represents a major step forward for the Biden administration's cyber agenda, featuring a broad list of cybersecurity performance goals and a substantial glossary of terms. The new guide  departs from previous administrations' piecemeal, sector-by-sector approach to protecting the nation's vulnerable networks.

"There are varying degrees of cybersecurity and cybersecurity capabilities in the private sector, and so much of our country's critical infrastructure resides in the private sector," said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department oversees CISA. "Cybersecurity increasingly is not only growing as a business imperative, but it is increasing as a national and homeland security imperative."