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Cyber

Krebs Says CISA Needs More Resources For Outreach Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

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Krebs Says CISA Needs More Resources For Outreach Efforts

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS. Photo: DHS

Most of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA)’s cyber security investment budget is channeled into two programs, but one area that has been underfunded is outreach to critical infrastructure sectors, and state and local governments, former agency chief Chris Krebs said on Wednesday. “My biggest regret was that we were not able to plow additional resources into the ability to get out there into the field and engage more critical infrastructure, and state and local partners,” Krebs told the…

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