CISA’s Wales: ‘JCDC’ initiative forges model for government-industry collaboration on ransomware, other threats

CISA executive director Brandon Wales says government and industry alike must do more to meet the national security and economic challenges posed by ransomware, and is touting the cyber agency’s “Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative,” an initiative that marries public and private cybersecurity resources, as “the future of cyber defense.”

Wales at an event on Wednesday said the JCDC launched in August creates a space for CISA to collaborate in real time with major companies that have “visibility into these networks,”...