
The series of 60-day sprints for six key areas of cyber security that were outlined last week by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas put the weight of his office and urgency behind the efforts and help cut through any inertia in making progress in these areas, a senior advisor to Mayorkas said on Wednesday. The cyber sprints are aimed at driving action across DHS, Tim Maurer, senior counselor for Cybersecurity within the Office of the Secretary, said during a virtual…