As people worried about running out of gas are now painfully aware, cybersecurity is crucial to resilient critical infrastructure. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was only the latest in a long string of cyberattacks that prove just how vulnerable we are as a nation.
The Biden administration’s new Executive Order (EO) – “Improving Our Nation’s Cybersecurity” – calls for several important actions that will help patch these vulnerable systems, including the adoption of zero-trust architecture and the creation of a Cyber Safety Review Board. The EO’s release, combined with the recent nomination of a national cyber director, suggest that the Biden administration is determined to take cyber more seriously than any previous administration. But the EO’s lack of accompanying funding raises questions about how effective his efforts will be. If Biden is truly committed to cybersecurity, he needs to ensure that the funding of the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency reflects cyber’s new priority status.
Biden’s administration has already faced a few cyber-related missteps. Earlier this year, President Biden
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