Lawmakers want to know just what is being done within the federal government to prevent the likelihood of another such attack.
Three witnesses — the acting director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA); the acting assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division’ and the chief information security officer from the Office of Management and Budget, will field questions from the panel.
Those questions are likely to focus on specific changes the government is implementing to better guarantee the security of contractors, as well as the progress of internal audits in cases where agencies were compromised; and which entities are responsible for coordinating a government-wide response.
The Biden administration has promised a more aggressive stance against foreign hackers, especially those backed by Russian government entities. Last month, the administration signaled it was planning to sanction Moscow for the SolarWinds hack, alongside the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which the United States has also blamed on the Kremlin. While the administration has announced sanctions against Russia for Navalny’s…
