Cyber agency demonstrates value to stakeholders amid SolarWinds, but insiders say the secret sauce must be preserved

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has leaned into its role as industry’s risk advisor and partner in response to the SolarWinds hack, and industry sources say they are anxious to see this collaborative model preserved and extended under a Biden administration that might be inclined to more regulatory approaches to cybersecurity.

Megan Brown, a partner at the Wiley law firm and a former Justice Department official, said she expects a “regulatory push” from congressional Democrats and some agencies in the...