Senate Homeland Security panel receptive to Solarium Commission proposals on strengthening CISA, creating national cyber director

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard from members of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission for the first time Wednesday, on sweeping recommendations that range from giving the nation’s cyber agency more resources to creating a new Senate-confirmed cyber director position in the White House and investing in U.S. supply chain visibility.

“The Commission’s report is a call to action that identifies critical cyber shortcomings across the public and private sectors, and recommends holistic, coordinated, nonpartisan solutions to those...