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Wales backs key senators’ push for incident response fund, discusses cyber-agency priorities post-SolarWinds

By Charlie Mitchell / May 11, 2021

CISA Acting Director Brandon Wales expressed strong support for creating a dedicated fund to help agencies and other government and private-sector partners respond to cybersecurity attacks, and detailed priorities and plans in the aftermath of the SolarWinds hack during a Senate Homeland Security hearing.

A new Cyber Response and Recovery Fund, as proposed by Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) and ranking member Rob Portman (R-OH), would “make sure we have the ability to surge resources” to partners in the...


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