McAfee’s Landfield: With new funding, CISA must focus on securing federal networks and remote work challenges

CISA can use additional resources across a range of mission areas, but needs to focus first on cleaning up federal networks amid the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange hacks as it absorbs $650 million in new funding allocated to the cyber agency under the American Rescue Plan Act, according to McAfee’s Kent Landfield.

“They need to focus on cleaning up the federal networks right now, they don’t have a choice,” Landfield said. “Otherwise it’s going to linger forever leaving doors open...