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Homeland Security

CISA Expands Public-Private Cyber Effort To Include Industrial Control Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

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CISA Expands Public-Private Cyber Effort To Include Industrial Control Systems

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: DHS

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday said it is expanding its private and public sector collaborative operations center to include a number of companies in the industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) space, adding expertise around how to protect the software and machines that operate many of the nation’s critical infrastructures. The new members of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) include Bechtel, Claroty, Dragos, General Electric [GE], Honeywell [HON], Nozomi Networks, Schneider Electric [SBGSY], Schweitzer…

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