As we welcome the Fall season, we also welcome National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM.) As the Co-Chair of the Federal CISO council I find NCSAM to be a time of reflection over the past year and what we have accomplished and how we have grown as a Council and a federal Cybersecurity workforce. By any measure this was a year for the books. From software supply chain challenges, to warding off ransomware and evolving defensive strategies against evasive foes, we never wavered. We did this against the backdrop of incredibly challenging personal and family dynamics as the COVID virus continued to evolve like many of our more electron-focused threats. Through these challenges, we have found comradery, innovation, courage, and strength that surprised many and perhaps shocked others. We proved, yet again, our Nation’s workforce is second to none when it comes to instilling a sense of pride and personal ownership by ensuring our Nation’s high value assets and critical missions were protected, strengthened and resilient. To ensure critical services and missions for our Nation’s people were delivered without interruption, degradation, or corruption.
This year has been a year of change. As we transitioned administrations, we said goodbye to some old friends and welcomed new ones while ensured the mantle of cybersecurity seamlessly transitioned, endured, and thrived. We pushed hard to ensure bold ways of thinking about cybersecurity, such as Zero Trust Architectures, were front and center in challenging the fundamental assumptions about how cybersecurity can be a strategic driver for our organizations. We formulated and accepted new realities regarding our attackers and what we needed to change, transform or rethink to manage risk in our organizations. As a council, we looked at foundational strategies such as log retention and fidelity while also reaching for as ..
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