As the Department of Homeland Security prepares a new cybersecurity strategy, a report released Monday by Representative Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) called on the department to improve its information-sharing program and warned of the threat posed by nation-state hacking tools to federal networks.
DHS has worked to quicken the pace at which it shares threat information with the private sector via the Automated Indicator Sharing program. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen last week touted the program in testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee.
The White House’s fiscal 2019 budget request includes about $1.7 billion for cybersecurity at DHS, but Ruppersberger indicates he wants to see more bang for the buck from those investments.
He also advised DHS to pay close attention to the threat nation-states pose to federal networks. A group known as the Shadow Brokers has released hacking tools allegedly stolen from the NSA, which researchers say have infected computers worldwide.