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Black Hat: New CISA Head Woos Crowd With Public-Private Task Force

Jen Easterly is the new director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) She spoke at Black Hat USA 2021 on Thursday, albeit virtually, announcing a major public-private partnership to fight cybercrime. Easterly said 20 cybersecurity firms have already joined the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) She said ransomware will be the group s initial focus, along with creating a framework to respond to incidents affecting critical U.S. cyber-infrastructure. She said JCDC represents a move by CISA to up its ante in working with the private sector.

Source: https://threatpost.com/cisa-head-woos-security-crowd/168426/

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