{"id":56016,"date":"2024-05-08T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cisa-boss-secure-code-is-the-only-way-to-make-ransomware-a-shocking-anomaly\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:00:13","slug":"cisa-boss-secure-code-is-the-only-way-to-make-ransomware-a-shocking-anomaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/cisa-boss-secure-code-is-the-only-way-to-make-ransomware-a-shocking-anomaly\/","title":{"rendered":"CISA boss: Secure code is the ‘only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly’"},"content":{"rendered":"

RSAC<\/span> There’s a way to vastly reduce the scale and scope of ransomware attacks plaguing critical infrastructure, according to CISA director Jen Easterly: Make software secure by design.<\/p>\n

“It is the only way we can make ransomware and cyberattacks a shocking anomaly,” Easterly said during an RSA Conference keynote panel<\/a> this week in San Francisco. “And that is to make sure the technology is much more secure.”<\/p>\n

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The CISA boss has been beating this drum throughout her tenure at America’s lead government cybersecurity agency, after she took over from the inaugural CISA chief Chris Krebs \u2013 who joined Easterly on stage during the aptly titled session, World on Fire, which was moderated by Washington Post super-journo Joseph Menn.<\/p>\n

As the two CISA bods noted, it does seem as though the digital world is on fire these days, with the “scourge of ransomware we’ve been dealing with,” Easterly said.<\/p>\n

A week ago, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty confirmed to US senators that his corporation paid $22 million<\/a> to the extortionists responsible for the Change Healthcare IT breach in February. <\/p>\n