Outlining a sequence of critical infrastructure sectors that have been designated for cybersecurity risk management, Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger said the administration is preparing to activate its regulatory authorities at four agencies.
Neuberger listed the critical infrastructure sectors for which the administration will be coming out with new cybersecurity requirements, starting with transportation—which is already in progress—and followed by communications, water and healthcare.
Neuberger was participating in an event the Washington Post livestreamed Thursday on the federal government’s efforts to secure cyberspace.
“From the outset, [President Joe Biden] said that security abroad begins with security at home, confidence abroad begins with confidence at home,” Neuberger said. “And a key way to deter adversaries in cyberspace is to know we have confidence in [a] level of security, that we’ve locked our digital doors and put on our digital alarm system.”
That was not the case when Colonial Pipeline was hacked, Neuberger said. And a status quo where there was no expectation that the company separate the portions of its network using information…
