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CISA To Stand Up Program Office To Focus On The Most Critical Infrastructures

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023

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CISA To Stand Up Program Office To Focus On The Most Critical Infrastructures

Jen Easterly, director of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: Department of Homeland Security

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is putting more focus on identifying critical infrastructure entities that if they fail could pose the most risk to the U.S., and it plans to establish a program office by the end of September 2023 to conduct this work, the agency’s top official said on Tuesday. CISA plans to work with the Sector Risk Management Agencies, which serve as the routine interface between federal agencies and 16 critical infrastructures such as the chemical,…

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