The shutdown and CISA lapse expose new cracks in America’s cyber defenses

The shutdown and CISA lapse expose new cracks in America’s cyber defenses

Interview transcript: Terry Gerton Let’s begin with the big picture. How does a government shutdown like the one we’re in right now affect our cybersecurity posture? Mike Hamilton Well, it’s going to affect federal security for sure. The private sector is a little bit of a different beast, but first of all, all of the firings. I mean, we’ve reduced staff at CISA a lot already. And so there, I don’t want to say a skeleton crew left over, but the …

Congress has let banks' access to a key cyber defense tool lapse

The failure to reauthorize protections for information exchange under the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has created a dangerous gap in our protection against cyber criminals and hostile state actors.