Easterly pushes tech producers toward ‘radical transparency’ in landmark speech on secure-by-design

CISA Director Jen Easterly is urging technology manufacturers to embrace “radical transparency” as part of a new “set of core principles” for building security into their products and shifting cyber responsibility away from end-users.

A “new model” for cybersecurity “would begin with technology products that put the safety of customers first,” Easterly said Monday in a seminal policy speech at Carnegie Mellon University.

“It would rebalance security risk from organizations -- like small businesses -- least able to bear...