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U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Trumpets Defensive Advances  

A year after an executive order by President Joe Biden aimed at bolstering cybersecurity, federal cybersecurity officials have visited the Capitol to talk up the steps taken. So reports The Washington Post.

capitol 720677 640small“This really is the first time that CISA and federal agencies have had this level of visibility and we’re really excited for how we can use it both operationally and … in understanding and measuring federal cybersecurity risk," Eric Goldstein, ​​the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, said during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee’s cyber panel.

CISA’s updates in the past year range from an overhaul of its monitoring tools to a widening of its mandate to ensure that government agencies shore up their security lapses.

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