DHS’ CISA Assistant Director: We Have Federal Security SMEs in Your Backyard
Channel Futures’ MSSP Insider was there to hear Harrell speak before an audience largely comprised of security professionals and critical infrastructure owners and operators at Auburn University in Alabama Friday. He reiterated the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) position that “the federal government isn’t here to tell you what to do” but rather to provide “for free” the tools and resources the private sector needs to protect itself. To aid with that mission, he said CISA field agents live and work in local areas where they “know your politics and issues, they know how you like to do things, they are your neighbors.” Read more…