3rd Party Risk Management , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime
ISMG Editors’ Panel: Challenges for New CISA Leader
Discussion Also Tackles Vendor Security IssuesIn the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including the challenges ahead for the new director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and vendor security risk management in the healthcare sector.
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The editors - Tom Field, senior vice president, editorial; Anna Delaney, director, productions; Scott Ferguson, managing editor, GovInfoSecurity; and Marianne Kolbasuk McGee, executive editor, HealthcareInfoSecurity - discuss:
- Highlights from an interview with the former acting executive director of CISA, Brandon Wales;
- The greatest challenges ahead for Jen Easterly, who was confirmed this week by the Senate as the new CISA director;
- The supply chain ransomware attack targeting Practicefirst, an Amherst, New York-based medical management services provider, which affected more than 1.2 million individuals.
The ISMG Editors' Panel runs on Fridays. Don't miss our previous installments, including the July 9 and July 2 editions, which respectively discuss the Kaseya ransomware attack and the FBI's assessment of cybersecurity trends.