The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) risks losing the initial investment in its cyber network diagnostics program if it does not make the data more actionable, an expert said Wednesday. “We’re right on the edge of completely wasting the money,” Alan Paller, director of research at Baltimore-based SANS Institute, said the AFCEA Cybersecurity Summit in Washington. Despite initial cost savings and widespread interest from federal agencies to upgrade network security, the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program needs to move…
