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Standup Of Joint Cyber Planning Office Key Priority For CISA This Year, Wales Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

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Standup Of Joint Cyber Planning Office Key Priority For CISA This Year, Wales Says

Brandon Wales, executive director of CISA. Photo: DHS

One of the top priorities this year of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is standing up a new interagency cell that furthers collaboration across the government and with the private sector f0r incident response planning and defensive cyber operations, the acting head of the agency said on Tuesday. The Joint Cyber Planning Office within CISA was recommended by the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) in 2020 and authorized by Congress in the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.…

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