Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: DHS chief wants to fight another ‘epidemic’ – hackers holding data hostage
“We are currently fighting not only the covid-19 pandemic, but also an epidemic that is spreading through cyberspace: ransomware,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at the President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition. Mayorkas’s comments came as DHS announced $25 million in cybersecurity grants to put cybersecurity at the top of the agency’s agenda as a part of a larger security initiative. “With this funding, state and local grant recipients can conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, strengthen their ‘dot…
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