Dangerous: Critical Conversations About CISA’s “Bad Practices”
summary
Covers CISA’s “Bad Practices” initiative that identifies common-but-dangerous cybersecurity practices affecting critical infrastructure like water, food, and hospitals, contrasts it with prevailing “Best Practices” thinking, and examines how competing priorities, incentives, and resource limits shape risk. Describes challenges to eliminating risky practices and discusses potential paths forward for operators and policymakers.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 7:30The lead-up to Bad Practices
- 15:13The philosophy behind Bad Practices
- 17:40The Bad Practices
- 22:25Bad Practices are part of a wider effort
- 26:41Moving Beyond the Prologue
- 30:34Upcoming actions from CISA
- 32:01Your implementation: next week
- 38:01Your implementation: within six months
- 44:50Questions and Answers Opportunity
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