U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials are said to have selected Bryan S. Ware to be the assistant secretary for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which would make him DHS’s most senior official focused exclusively on cybersecurity. Ware would replace Jeanette Manfra, who departs the role at the end of the year. Ware is a tech-savvy entrepreneur and holder of multiple patents. For the last 10 months, he has been at DHS working on policies to make critical infrastructure more resilient to hacking threats. He originally joined DHS in October 2018 as a senior advisor to then-Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Sources familiar with Ware’s selection said the White House’s approval process is underway and that nothing is final. Read the article at CyberScoop.
Thank you to everyone who helped make H2OSecCon Spring 2024 happen! As noted during the event, WaterISAC intends to conduct another H2OSecCon this year, so stay tuned for updates!