Top US cyber official to enlist white-hat hackers as advisers

Easterly said she has had discussions with experts in mis- and disinformation and is looking to expand CISA’s team that operates the agency’s rumour control team during elections. — Getty Images/TNS

WASHINGTON: White-hat hackers, researchers and academics who probe widely used software for vulnerabilities and alert developers to security flaws are being invited to join an advisory committee at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the agency’s top official said on Nov 10.

“We want to ignite the passion of hackers, researchers and academics ... and tap into the brilliance and the goodness of that community,” Jen Easterly, CISA’s director said at an event hosted by Wired magazine.