Reflections of an Acting National Cyber Director with Kemba Walden

In our latest episode, former U.S. National Cyber Director Kemba Walden joins Alex Botting and Jen Ellis from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy & Law. The discussion includes Kemba’s reflections on her time at the Office of the National Cyber Director, and the multitude of major policy initiatives that she spearheaded - including the release of the updated U.S. National Cybersecurity Strategy, the associated Implementation Plan, the Cybersecurity Priorities for the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and the U.S. National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy -  and all in just ten months of tenure. 

News:

• Australian Cyber Security Strategy Release
• EU CRA Political Agreement Reached

Interview:

• Munich Security Conference 2023
• US National Cybersecurity Strategy 
• US National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan
• Biden-Harris Administration’s Cybersecurity Priorities for the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
• US National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy 
• Request for Information: Opportunities For and Obstacles To Harmonizing Cybersecurity Regulations
• Office of the National Cyber Director Requests Public Comment on Open-Source Software Security and Memory Safe Programming Languages
• Request for Information on Open-Source Software Security: Areas of Long-Term Focus and Prioritization
• Log4j Vulnerability 
• Heartbleed Bug

Trivia:

• Belgian Whistleblower Law