Surveying the cybersecurity threat landscape; New zero trust maturity model from CISA

The National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Directorate is tasked with preventing and eradicating threats to U.S. national security systems, focusing mainly on the defense industrial base and the country’s weapons security. At the CrowdStrike Government Summit, Director of NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate Rob Joyce breaks down the current threat landscape his organization is tracking. There’s a new Zero Trust Maturity Model from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The latest version of the guidance updates implementation guidelines for agencies across key pillars like identity, networks and workloads of data. CISA Director Jen Easterly spoke with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz at last week’s summit. In a highlight from their conversation, Easterly explains how this guidance is different than previous versions The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.