Jen Easterly
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
As Director of the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly is one of several women at the very top of the cybersecurity pyramid in the United States. A graduate of West Point, decorated U.S. Army officer, and a Rhodes Scholar, Jen has served her country in a plethora of senior cybersecurity and counterterrorism roles, and most recently before her return to government, was the head of Firm Resilience at Morgan Stanley.
David Kris, Lawfare contributor and former Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, and Bryan Cunningham, Lawfare contributor and Executive Director of the University of California, Irvine’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute, sat down with Jen to talk about everything cybersecurity, about the need for revolutionary new approaches to emerging threats to our cyber and national security, the recent U.S. National Cyber Strategy, the cyber offense/defense flywheel, and even where her avatar got her cape. Jen also talks about CISA’s priorities for the coming years, new cyber incident reporting requirements, and new cybersecurity help coming to a city near you.
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| 0:22.0 | rational security, chatter, law fair no bull, and the aftermath. |
| 0:29.0 | We've been working with our industry partners and with researchers to do some of these ransomware pre-notifications |
| 0:41.0 | we'll find out about infections that have occurred but have not yet been activated. |
| 0:47.0 | And our field force is on the front line of reaching out and talking to partners saying, |
| 0:53.0 | you know, we are seeing this activity on your networks and I just got an outreach from somebody the other day |
| 0:59.0 | saying, hey, I got a call from this person in the field. |
| 1:02.0 | They told us about this activity. |
| 1:04.0 | We were able to isolate it, it's fantastic. |
| 1:06.0 | And you know, that's like a great day, right? |
| 1:08.0 | And you feel like you can help prevent a business from getting owned by a bunch of cyber criminals. |
| 1:14.0 | And you know, that's work that we do with our federal government partners but also with our industry partners. |
| 1:20.0 | I'm David Chris and I'm Brian Cunningham and this is the LawFair podcast March 15th, the Iads of March, 2023. |
| 1:29.0 | As director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, |
| 1:34.0 | Jen Easterly is one of several women at the very top of the cybersecurity pyramid in the United States. |
| 1:40.0 | A graduate of West Point decorated U.S. Army officer in a Rhodes Scholar, |
| 1:44.0 | Jen has served her country in a plethora of senior cybersecurity and counterterrorism roles. |
| 1:49.0 | And most recently before her return to government was the senior resilience officer at Morgan Stanley. |
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