Krebs sees opportunities for consolidation in government workstreams on cyber, information sharing

Former CISA Director Chris Krebs says he is encouraged by the way government agencies are coming together to address major threats, while recognizing more work is necessary to get industry buy-in on making investments in cybersecurity.

More work is needed to “continue to invest in CISA and build it out,” Krebs said Wednesday in a keynote at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. He identified “four main roles” for government and called CISA the “enabler” who is “making...