Director Krebs says ‘five critical areas’ in cyber will frame CISA's work over next two years

Christopher Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, today laid out the “five critical areas” that CISA will zero in on over the next two years in order to “win or lose the game” on cyber, with these areas including Chinese threats, election security, and protecting federal government networks.

Krebs, at the 2019 DHS Science and Technology Cybersecurity and Innovation Showcase today, said the recent partial government shutdown had given him the “opportunity...