Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Exposed for Ministry of Truth Dirty Work

NSA Cybersecurity prevents and eradicates threats to U.S. national security systems with a focus on the Defense Industrial Base and the improvement of our weapons’ security. Through our Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, NSA partners with allies, private industry, academics, and researchers to strengthen awareness and collaboration to advance the state of cybersecurity. In collaboration with the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement, annually provide training for state agency information security managers and computer security incident response team members that contains training on cybersecurity, including cybersecurity threats, trends, and best practices. Meanwhile, Congress is looking to update federal cybersecurity standards for the first time since the Federal Information Security Modernization Act since 2014.

Ms. Easterly was nominated by President Biden in April 2021 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 2021. As Director, Ms. Easterly leads CISA’s efforts to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the cyber and physical infrastructure Americans rely on every day. CISA works with partners to defend against today’s threats and collaborates to build a more secure and resilient infrastructure for the future. Establishing procedures for procuring information technology commodities and services that require the commodity or service to meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework. For instance, the Commerce Department is requesting $50 million in FY 23 specifically for a zero trust program. According to budget documents, the funding is pegged for endpoint detection and response capabilities, more centralized log management, and endpoint encryption.

Incremental improvements will not give us the security we need; instead, the Federal Government needs to make bold changes and significant investments in order to defend the vital institutions that underpin the American way of life. The Federal Government must bring to bear the full scope of its authorities and resources to protect and secure its computer systems, whether they are cloud-based, on-premises, or hybrid. The scope of protection and security must include systems that process data (information technology ) and those that run the vital machinery that ensures our safety (operational technology ). CISA concurred with this recommendation, and in March 2021 agency leadership issued a memorandum that directed several actions to transition transformation activities into operational tasks for implementation by CISA's divisions and mission support offices. However, as of March 2022, CISA had not yet provided documentation detailing how the remaining phase three tasks have been allocated to its divisions and mission support offices or how CISA leadership monitors the status of these tasks to ensure timely completion. Our ability to execute our critical mission relies on the strength of our partnerships with you and our other key partners across the public and private sectors.

As a part of our surveillance of medical devices on the market, the FDA monitors reports of cybersecurity issues with devices. Threats and vulnerabilities cannot be eliminated and reducing cybersecurity risks is especially challenging. The health care environment is complex, and manufacturers, hospitals, and facilities must work together to manage cybersecurity risks. CISA concurred with this recommendation and in September 2021 stated that it has conducted an initial methodological assessment of potential approaches to measure fragmentation, duplication, and overlap, as well as an initial review of a baseline analysis.

This sprint focused on leveraging the Office of the Secretary to elevate the fight against ransomware, an increasingly devastating and costly form of malicious cyber activity that targets organizations of all sizes and across all sectors. Ransomware is malicious code that infects and paralyzes computer systems until a ransom has been paid. Individuals, companies, schools, police departments, and even hospitals and other critical infrastructure have been among the recent victims. In his March 31, 2021, address, Secretary Mayorkas outlined a bold vision for the Department’s cybersecurity efforts to confront the growing threat of cyber-attacks, including a series of 60-day sprints to operationalize his vision, to drive action in the coming year, and to raise public awareness about key cybersecurity priorities. Submit to the department annually by July 31, the state agency’s strategic and operational cybersecurity plans developed pursuant to rules and guidelines established by the department, through the Florida Digital Service. A state agency shall report a cybersecurity incident determined by the state agency to be of severity level 1 or 2 to the Cybersecurity Operations Center and the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement as soon as possible.

Further, the agency stated that it plans to further refine its measurement approach, including estimates of cost savings generated by the reorganization. Once the agency provides documentation of its actions, we plan to verify that implementation has occurred. A 2018 federal law established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to help protect critical infrastructure from cyber and other threats—but it isn't fully up and running yet. We leverage our advantages in technology and cybersecurity consistent with our authorities to strengthen national defense and secure national security systems. Agency is the first cybersecurity company that stands behind its protection with over $1M of coverage for real life cyber incidents backed by two major insurance carriers. Our advanced software plus our 24/7 managed response to security incidents enables us to provide our Agency Personal Cyber Guarantee.

These include how the performance management system was updated to include newly created divisions and mission support offices as a result of the transformation and how the three "pillars" of the organizational transformation are reflected in the performance management process. In addition, CISA described recent actions regarding the reassessment of its performance management system, specifically regarding a robust approach in educating the supervisory cadre on how to address poor performance and how it incentivizes and rewards top performers. The agency added that its human capital office is currently revising its existing performance management instruction and plans to complete this by March 31, 2022.

Reports pertaining to National Security Systems, as defined in section 10 of this order, must be received and managed by the appropriate agency as to be determined under subsection of this section. The MiniMed 600 series pump system has components that communicate wirelessly (such as the insulin pump, continuous glucose monitoring transmitter, blood glucose meter, and CareLink USB device). For unauthorized access to occur, a nearby unauthorized person would need to gain access to your pump while the pump is being paired with other system components. As the premature disclosure of the information that will be discussed would be likely to significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency action, this portion of the meeting is required to be closed pursuant to section 10 of FACA and 5 U.S.C. 552b. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency hasmore than enough serious dutiesso as not to be wasting time on make-believe work to drive a narrative and punish political opponents. Now that many of us have learned the breadth and depth of our government’s efforts to censor free speech and suppress truth, let’s not let up on our demands for freedom of speech and accountability.

Developing agency strategic and operational cybersecurity plans required pursuant to this section. Level 1 is a low-level incident that is unlikely to impact public health or safety; national, state, or local security; economic security; civil liberties; or public confidence. Level 3 is a high-level incident that is likely to result in a demonstrable impact in the affected jurisdiction to public health or safety; national, state, or local security; economic security; civil liberties; or public confidence. Level 4 is a severe-level incident that is likely to result in a significant impact in the affected jurisdiction to public health or safety; national, state, or local security; economic security; or civil liberties. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department is asking for about $86 million in FY 23 specifically for zero trust architecture implementation.

Too much of software, including critical software, is shipped with significant vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyber criminals. The Federal Government will use its purchasing power to drive the market to build security into all software from the ground up. During this sprint, the Secretary will focus specifically on the need to increase the cyber resilience of the Nation’s transportation systems – from aviation to rail, pipelines, Agency Cybersecurity and the marine transport system. Coast Guard, and CISA are all part of DHS, which presents a unique opportunity for the Department to make progress in this area, to leverage respective best practices, and to deepen the collaboration with the U.S. This sprint is driven by the White House Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative, designed to mobilize action to improve the resilience of industrial control systems.