Top cyber official calls for more 'ambitious' defenses while encouraging people to join CISA
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In her first major speech since taking office, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly sought to elevate the young agency, pushing for more cybersecurity talent across the US and announcing a new initiative collaborating with the private sector on ransomware and other issues.
Easterly made her debut discussing one of the most challenging threats facing the US not in a suit before a Washington policy audience, but directly to the cybersecurity community, wearing a partly covered up "Free Britney" shirt and introducing policy with dance moves, music and a reference to the long-running sitcom "Seinfeld." That unlikely combination reflects both the deep experience and sense of purpose Easterly brings to the job, as well as the creativity she hopes to foster as only the second Homeland Security cybersecurity chief. In an interview with CNN after her remarks, Easterly spoke about the need to "think very differently about all of the creative ways we can build the cybersecurity workforce and a very diverse cybersecurity workforce."More Related News