CISA issues guidance for ‘high-risk’ communities, civil society organizations

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provides recommendations for civil society organizations to implement specific security controls for preventing cyber attacks from nation-state actors, in a new guide released with the FBI and international partners.

The guide “provides civil society organizations with recommended actions and mitigations to reduce their risk of cyber intrusions, particularly from state-sponsored cyber actors,” according to a Tuesday release.

CISA Director Jen Easterly said, “State-sponsored actors seek to undermine fundamental democratic and humanitarian values...