Acting CISA Head Calls for Support, Funding from Congress

CISA acting director Brandon Wales says that the agency needs greater support from Congress, “including in critical new areas such as dedicated cybersecurity preparedness grants for our state and local governments, and establishing a new cybersecurity recovery fund to ensure our nation can respond to catastrophic cyber incidents.” The creation of a cybersecurity recovery fund was proposed by the Ransomware Task Force, a public-private coalition launched to tackle the ransomware threat.