Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director told a handful of governors from across the United States on Saturday that they should continue focusing on replacing legacy technology and moving toward secure cloud services as states seek to improve their resiliency against digital threats.
She pushed the governors to embrace multi-factor authentication across their governments as one of the best ways to cut down on the risk of cyberattacks, citing a 2019 study by Microsoft that found that requiring users to supply an additional credential prevents 99.9% of account compromises.
“People get scared of cyber because it’s seen as very technical,” she said in response to a question from Delaware Gov. John Carney. “If you come from a background that’s not an IT background it’s very daunting. It seems scary because it is.” Last Friday, the agency published a new guide for cyber incident resources tailored for governors, which adds to a stack of other materials CISA has published, including its “Cyber Essentials” series and its StopRansomware.gov site.
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