While President Biden’s 2021 cybersecurity executive order (EO) doesn’t address all of the Federal government’s cybersecurity needs, a security expert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said the EO’s goal drives toward prioritization of the government’s most pressing needs – rather than a fix-all approach.
CISA Cybersecurity expert Branko Bokan explained the aims of the EO in light of findings from a recent MeriTalk study, conducted with Leidos, which shows 72 percent of Federal IT decision-makers surveyed thought the EO only addressed a fraction of the problems.
At MeriTalk’s “The Cyber Mousetrap: Blueprints for Better Resiliency” webinar on March 2, Bokan said that finding ties to the disparate nature of the missions of Federal agencies.
“We’re dealing with a very complex problem when it comes to Federal government,” Bokan said. “We’re dealing with the biggest enterprise in the world, an enterprise that cannot be compared to any other organization in the world. … An enterprise that on one side prints money, and on the other side, maintains a an International Space Station – all kinds of missions roll together, all…
