NEW: Does US have a handle on #ransomware?
"I don't think we there yet" @DHSgov @SecMayorkas tells @business's Technology Summit has to remain on an incredibly high level
"I don't think we there yet" @DHSgov @SecMayorkas tells @business's Technology Summit has to remain on an incredibly high level
CORRECTION: "I don't think we there yet" @DHSgov @SecMayorkas tells @business's Technology Summit re #ransomeware "Vigilance has to remain on an incredibly high level"
"We've made strides...I think we have a long ways to go" per @SecMayorkas on gvt working w/pvt sector on #cyber security
#Misinformation/#Disinformation-"have very serious & significant ramification for homeland security" per @SecMayorkas, pointing specifically to US election security
"False narratives present a threat to our security...something to be condemned" per @SecMayorkas "We need our leader to step up & fight against it bcs the words of leaders matter"
"The country's divide is something that has security implications" he adds
re #Disinformation
"The country's divide is something that has security implications" he adds
re #Disinformation
#FacialRecognition?
"The advantages of facial recognition are extraordinary...while maintaining our security imperative" per @SecMayorkas, adding "We're very well aware of the downsides..."
"The advantages of facial recognition are extraordinary...while maintaining our security imperative" per @SecMayorkas, adding "We're very well aware of the downsides..."
NEW: @DHSgov launching "bug bounty" program - paying hackers to help uncover #cyber vulnerabilities
Per @SecMayorkas, gvt will pay $500-$5k "depending on the gravity of the vulnerability"
Per @SecMayorkas, gvt will pay $500-$5k "depending on the gravity of the vulnerability"
"We're really investing a great deal of money as well as attention & focus on this program" @SecMayorkas says at Bloomberg Technology Summit
"We're going to see what we learn from it" he adds
re #HackDHS
"We're going to see what we learn from it" he adds
re #HackDHS
More on #ransomware from @DHSgov @SecMayorkas
"I think that some of the major players we haven't seen as active as previously, that doesn't necessarily mean that they have gone away, that we've defeated them" he says "They very well might have hit the pause button"
"I think that some of the major players we haven't seen as active as previously, that doesn't necessarily mean that they have gone away, that we've defeated them" he says "They very well might have hit the pause button"
Asked about the NSO Group and US pressure, @SecMayorkas says, "technological innovation & the role of private companies in innovating is something that we can and need to harness at the same time"
"At the same time, the technological innovations must adhere to our values & principles in this #cyber environment & more broadly" per @DHSgov's @SecMayorkas "That is going to be a requirement in order for those technologies to really take hold & for us to countenance them"
The official @DHSgov announcement on the new "Hack DHS" initiative
Release says part of the goal is "developing a model that can be used by other organizations across every level of government to increase their own cybersecurity resilience"
Release says part of the goal is "developing a model that can be used by other organizations across every level of government to increase their own cybersecurity resilience"
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