CISA’s Easterly cautious on new regulatory authority as cyber agency concludes annual summit

CISA Director Jen Easterly said voluntary relationships with industry are essential to the cyber agency’s mission and shouldn’t be overshadowed by new regulatory powers, while her predecessor Chris Krebs suggested limited requirements in areas like incident notification and response planning can be implemented without trampling on the partnership approach.

Easterly and Krebs held an extensive conversation Wednesday on the state of affairs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, during the fourth and final installment of this year’s CISA...