DHS Secretary Outlines Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Vision

The five principles underpinning the new US administration’s vision to strengthen the nation’s cyber-resilience were outlined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a RSAC webcast.

Mayorkas began by emphasizing the need for the public and private sector to work closely together to defend against, and respond to, rising cyber-attacks. “The government does not have the capacity to achieve our nation’s cyber-resilience alone – so much of our critical infrastructure is in the private sector’s hands,” he pointed out.

Mayorkas also believes the SolarWinds attacks at the end of last year shows the need for the government to modernize its cybersecurity strategies. He noted: “It wasn’t until one of the world’s best cybersecurity company’s got hacked itself and alerted the government that we found out.”

With this in mind, Mayorkas set out the five principles that will guide the current Biden-Harris’ administration’s cybersecurity vision for the US.

1. Championing a free and secure cyberspace: Mayorkas said it is vital to understand the current geo-political trends, which include a regression in democratic ideals, that are impacting the digital space. “Far too often cybersecurity is used as pretext to infringe on civil liberties and human rights,” he commented. As a ..

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