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Internet Security Alliance (ISA) President Larry Clinton today praised the release of a letter from multiple congressional leaders calling on the Office of Management and Budget “to act now by prioritizing the review of federal cybersecurity regulations examining the existing cyber regulatory landscape for duplication and redundancy.”
The letter to OMB Director Vought was signed by Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, Cyber and Information Technology Chairwoman Nancy Mace, Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee Chair Clay Higgins and Congressman Andy Biggs.
As the ISA has pointed out for some time “the fastest, most effective and cost efficient thing the federal government can do to enhance our nation’s cybersecurity is to simply eliminate the duplicative cyber regulatory structure that is currently wasting between 40-80% of our available cybersecurity resources.”
“The congressional letter does an excellent job in detailing some of the vast evidence of how the current uncoordinated regulatory structure actually impairs our cybersecurity at the very time we are suffering from virtually constant and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.”
Clinton pointed out that “there are a number of extremely complicated cybersecurity issues that frankly we are nowhere near solving such as how to secure AI, but writing better cyber regulations is something we can accomplish and, especially if we use modern technology, can do fairly quickly. Not only am I delighted the congressional leaders are calling on OMB to address this issue but have asked for a briefing on how they will do so in three weeks. This is exactly the sort of practical steps we need and the sense of urgency we need to begin to get ahead of our cyber adversaries.”
For further comment please reach out to lclinton@isalliance.org
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