The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Looking back on 2022 This week’s report highlights the agency’s enhanced cooperation with industry partners.
In particular, CISA’s Joint Cybersecurity Defense Collaborative (JCDC), established by Congress in 2021, has grown exponentially in membership as it enters its first year of operation in 2022. JCDC aims to mitigate cyber risks through continuous operational cooperation between trusted partners in the public and private sectors.
According to reports, JCDC has relationships with over 150 Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) around the world, including representatives from nearly all 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
“As one of the youngest agencies in the federal government, we are working with myriad partners to reduce risk to the cyber and physical infrastructure that Americans depend on every hour of every day to increase their capabilities. We have expanded our capacity significantly each year,” said CISA. Director Jen Easternley said: Press release“2022 has been a particularly productive year for our team and partnership, and we look forward to continuing this momentum into 2023.”
Another area where CISA has stepped up its collaboration with industry partners in 2022 is through its Cybersecurity Advisory Council (CSAC) meetings. CSAC is a federal advisory board made up of her 22 private sector leaders from a variety of professions and communities.
According to the report, the commission will meet four times each quarter and hold 94 subcommittee meetings and provide Easterly with 53 recommendations to better address emerging cybersecurity threats in fiscal 2022. provided.
In addition, the new Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) worked with industry partners to review and evaluate significant cybersecurity events.The board of directors first report A vulnerability in the Log4j software library was announced in July.
According to CISA’s year-end report, the CSRB “gathered insights, communicated findings, and issued 19 recommendations for government and industry to address the ongoing risks posed by vulnerabilities in the Log4j open source software libraries.” We have worked with approximately 80 organizations and individuals to develop actionable recommendations.”
While these are just some of the ways CISA has stepped up its collaboration with industry in 2022, the agency said the highlights of the report were “the trust, transparency and confidence the agency has built with its partners over the past four years. It reflects an environment of sexuality and open communication.”
