Sen. Cassidy requests details on Cisco response to federal agencies impacted by vulnerabilities

Senate health committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is asking for information on Cisco’s efforts to provide sector-specific mitigations to federal agencies impacted by a compromise, following a Sept. 25 emergency directive from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on two zero-day vulnerabilities.

“The emergency directive issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on September 25 directed federal agencies to disconnect certain Cisco devices from federal systems in just one day in response to evidence of an active cybersecurity...