Representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, say a big part of its goal is to create more visibility into cyberthreats and risks.
According to Matthew Hartman, acting director of the Federal Network Resilience Division at CISA, the agency is exploring ways to “visualize threat and vulnerability data” to help decision-makers prioritize their cybersecurity efforts.
“We seek to help organizations better manage risk and increase resilience using all available resources, whether provided by the federal government, commercial vendors or their own capabilities,” Hartman said.
CISA’s efforts to create more visibility into threats mirrors work happening in the security industry, as cybersecurity vendors, enterprise cybersecurity leaders and various organizations are working to gather real-time insights into existing and emerging risks. The ultimate goal is to leverage that data to better prevent attacks.
Such information gathering and sharing, however, hasn’t yet reached its full potential, as many organizations opt not to share data or aren’t able to put such intelligence to work within their own…
