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Cyber

Broader Engagement Needed In Cyber Fight, Krebs Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

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Broader Engagement Needed In Cyber Fight, Krebs Says

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS. Photo: DHS

Generally, the Department of Homeland Security has the technologies and tools it needs in the struggle to fend off cyber intrusions and attacks but additional resources are needed to help the department engage with more owners and operators of the nation’s critical infrastructure owners, the top cyber security official at DHS said last week. “I have really good tools, but I could have the best tools in the world, but if I don’t have the ability to engage my stakeholders,…

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