GAO Prods Feds to Assess Their Potential Response to Catastrophic Cyber Attacks 

According to the report, US FIO and CISA agree with this recommendation: “The Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency (CISA) both have taken steps to understand the financial implications of growing cybersecurity risks. However, they have not assessed the extent to which risks to critical infrastructure from catastrophic cyber incidents and
potential financial exposures warrant a federal insurance response. CISA is the primary risk advisor on critical infrastructure and FIO the federal monitor of the insurance sector. Accordingly, they are well-positioned to jointly perform such an assessment. Doing so and reporting the results to Congress can inform deliberations on whether a federal insurance response is warranted.”

Get the report here.

Source: Cyber Insurance: Action Needed to Assess Potential Federal Response to Catastrophic Attacks | U.S. GAO

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