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CISA Launches Cyber Risk Reduction Venture For Nation

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 15th, 2021

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CISA Launches Cyber Risk Reduction Venture For Nation

Bob Kolasky, CISA assistant director in charge of the National Risk Management Center. Photo: DHS

In the wake of the recent discovery of a cyber security breach of a number of federal agencies and even more private sector entities, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has introduced a new effort aimed at reducing cyber risks nationwide through better use of data, quantifying risks, and attacking areas where risks are concentrated. The Systemic Cyber Risk Reduction Venture will be led by CISA’s National Risk Management Center (NRMC), which works with critical infrastructure stakeholders in…

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