From Cybersec Guidelines to Guardrails: America Must Ditch the Standards Debate for Practical Cybersecurity Wins
Federal IT leaders are calling for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to strengthen cybersecurity standards. This focus aims to protect critical infrastructure sectors from rising cyber threats. The article discusses practical cybersecurity strategies that go beyond standard debates.
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Key takeaways
Federal IT leaders are pushing for stricter cybersecurity standards.
CISA is urged to enhance collaboration and implement more enforceable practices.
There is a need for actionable cybersecurity strategies to protect infrastructure.
Recent calls from Federal IT leaders for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to implement stricter cybersecurity standards and enhance collaboration have given rise to a pressing question: How can sectors of critical infrastructure effectively shield themselves from the growing wave of cyber threats through actionable and enforceable cybersecurity practices?
Drawing on his experience as the former Chief Strategist for the CISA COVID Task Force (2020-2022), I Am The Cavalry Founder Josh Corman highlights the crucial need to move from voluntary frameworks to mandatory cybersecurity standards that clearly establish what constitutes negligence. Corman called for a more focused approach, emphasizing the importance of a vital transition towards practical and mandatory cybersecurity measures in order to strengthen the defenses of critical infrastructure against an ever-expanding landscape of cyber threats.
“There’s a lot of frameworks. Unfortunately, there’s very little progress… What we need is less frameworks and more progress against these minimum hygiene levels,” Corman said.
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