DHS’s Manfra and former FCC head Wheeler debate role of regulations in cybersecurity

The Department of Homeland Security’s Jeanette Manfra and former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler debated the role that regulations should play in encouraging private industry to adopt cybersecurity measures.

“I think there is a tremendous amount of work that can be done in a voluntary partnership, and DHS hasn’t brought the full capacity to bear that we have,” Manfra said at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution on Wednesday. Manfra and Wheeler were part of a panel discussion...