CISA’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to tackle energy, water security in 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) will be focusing this year on beefing up security in the energy sector and leading the effort to update the National Cyber Incident Response Plan, according to the body’s planning agenda.

Announced in 2021, the JCDC is an initiative spearheaded by CISA Director Jen Easterly that features collaboration between U.S. government officials and several major tech companies, including Crowdstrike, Palo Alto, FireEye, Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, AT&T, …

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