CISO MAG hosted its fourth webinar in its Fireside Chat series with Bryan Ware, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this role, Ware leads CISA’s mission of protecting and strengthening the nation’s critical infrastructure against cyber threats. A slew of cybersecurity experts comprising of CEOs, CISOs. CIOs, Vice Presidents, and executives from countries like the U.S., U.K, Canada, Cambodia and even regions like Panama attended the webinar. The latest Fireside Chat series stressed on the impact of COVID-19 with the topic “CISA and cybersecurity in times of a Pandemic.” The Fireside Chat held on May 20, 2020, was moderated by Brian Pereira, Principal Editor of CISO MAG.
Over the past few months, malicious cyber actors have tried to exploit COVID-19 fears to deliver malicious software and steal data. CISA has relied on a well-established and trusted collaboration with private industry and government partners both in the U.S. and internationally, to reinforce, refine and resonate defensive cybersecurity technologies and capabilities for businesses, government and public. Bryan Ware started the webinar by elaborating on the role of CISA and how the key body has been convening several industries and sectors for seamless functionality. “CISA is instrumental in cross-cutting several sectors by coordinating and communicating with them across several verticals.”
He also highlighted how prioritization changes under different times and scenarios. “Earlier one of the core focus areas of CISA was aviation, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of things changed. Now cyber risks on aviation is not as important as the impact of cyber risks on the supply chain f ..
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