{"id":274878,"date":"2026-06-17T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/major-critical-infrastructure-disruptions-are-inevitable-acting-cisa-chief-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:30:17","slug":"major-critical-infrastructure-disruptions-are-inevitable-acting-cisa-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/major-critical-infrastructure-disruptions-are-inevitable-acting-cisa-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Major critical infrastructure disruptions are inevitable, acting CISA chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major critical infrastructure disruptions are inevitable, acting CISA chief says<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/cybersecurity-resilience-critical-infrastructure-cisa-nick-andersen\/823166\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-17 12:43:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0U.S. cybersecurity resilience in the face of sophisticated threats from China and other adversaries will increasingly depend on critical infrastructure\u2019s ability to weather major disruptions, a top U.S. cyber official said Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach and every one of us is operating right now on the front lines of a war that is never going to be cleared,\u201d Nick Andersen, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said at ICS Village and the Institute for Security and Technology\u2019s Critical Effect conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to see an adversarial disruption of our critical infrastructure,\u201d Andersen said. \u201cIt’s going to have significant not just technical impact, it’s going to have a significant psychological impact on the safety of the American people. \u2026 We need to start operating like that’s the reality of where we’re at \u2014\u00a0that we’re not going to be able to keep everything persistently online and available as much as we would like.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CISA\u2019s emphasis on resilience marks a shift from earlier government cybersecurity doctrines that focused on preventing intrusions. In recent years, advanced nation-state hacking campaigns \u2014\u00a0especially Beijing\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Volt Typhoon espionage operation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2014\u00a0have increasingly convinced government and industry strategists that their primary goal should be ensuring that infrastructure can continue operating during an attack.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to start making some assumptions, like [that our] telecommunications infrastructure may be disrupted,\u201d Andersen said at the Critical Effect conference, which focused on operational technology cybersecurity issues. \u201cWhy? Because the telecommunications infrastructure is going to be disrupted.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To support national resilience efforts, the federal government has spent years trying to make a list of the most important infrastructure assets that accounts for complex interdependencies and…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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