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DeRusha, Wales Say Cybersecurity Demands More Flexible, Rapid Acquisition Approaches

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 22nd, 2021

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DeRusha, Wales Say Cybersecurity Demands More Flexible, Rapid Acquisition Approaches

Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha. LinkedIn photo

The federal government has to bring more innovative processes to its acquisition of tools and capabilities to more quickly respond to the pace and continuing evolution of cybersecurity threats, two of the Biden administration’s leading cybersecurity officials said on Thursday. “We need to look at more nimble programmatics that will allow us to adapt our cybersecurity approaches as the threat and risk environment evolves,” said Brandon Wales, acting director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…

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