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DHS assembles Cyber Safety Review Board to imitate fed agency that studies aviation accidents

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The Homeland Security Department is establishing a Cyber Safety Review Board that will convene after major cyber events to review and act on them, according to a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Thursday. The Federal Register notice brings to fruition an idea long circulated among cybersecurity policymakers and thinkers, one set in motion by an executive order President Joe Biden signed in May 2021. The idea is to mimic the National Transportation Safety Board that reviews civil aviation accidents. The board (CSRB) will have no more than 20 members, with one each required from DHS, its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, the National Security Agency and the FBI. The DHS undersecretary for strategy, policy and plans — a post held by Rob Silvers — will serve as the inaugural two-year chair. It will kick into effect when an incident prompts formation of a Cyber Unified […]

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White House plans to select Rob Silvers, a Mayorkas ally, to lead DHS’s cyber outfit

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The Biden administration plans to select Rob Silvers, a lawyer and former Department of Homeland Security official, to run the federal agency in charge of election security and stopping hacking threats to government networks, according to two people familiar with the matter. The choice of Silvers, who is close with Homeland Security secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas, to lead DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency signals the new administration’s intent to strengthen CISA’s role in cyber-defense. Biden advisers have proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding for the two-year-old agency, and providing more security tools to defend civilian-government networks. Silvers’ selection won’t be official until all of the requisite paperwork is complete, people familiar with the process said. If confirmed by the Senate, Silvers would assume the position previously held by Christopher Krebs, who former President Donald Trump fired via Twitter for declaring the 2020 election was secure. CISA […]

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