President Joe Biden has faced a number of crises since taking office in January 2021, but his Administration has nonetheless managed to be at the forefront of the U.S. response to cyber attacks by crime groups and hackers aligned with nation-states.
Even before Biden took office, the U.S. faced threats like the SolarWinds attack and malicious actors with ties to Russia and China. After the Colonial Pipeline hack nearly shut down the Eastern U.S., Biden and federal security agencies swung into action with guidance, warnings, and in the case of federal agencies, orders to improve cybersecurity defenses.
The latest action came yesterday, when Biden warned of “evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks.”
Justin Fier, VP of Tactical Risk and Response at Darktrace, called the warning “unprecedented.”
Fier said Biden’s statement “represents a move to combat disinformation by purposefully releasing intelligence that the Administration would previously have deemed classified. These warnings are unprecedented – past Administrations have not publicly substantiated to this extent that cyber attacks are incoming.
“Cyber war is not military versus military; all organizations, across public and private sectors, will have to defend themselves from attack,” he said. “Organizations must take advantage of this unprecedented access to government threat intelligence and heed these warnings. Businesses should diligently read the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alerts, paying close attention to alerts from the last 12 weeks. Companies should also regularly test their defenses ..
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