Cyber Safety Review Board needs stronger authorities, more independence, experts say

[rbc]

The Cyber Safety Review Board continues to lack the authorities and independence from the private sector that it needs in order to effectively investigate major cybersecurity incidents, a panel of experts told Congress on Wednesday.

Conceived as an analogue to the National Transportation Safety Board — the independent body charged with investigating accidents in airplanes, trains and other forms of public transportation — the CSRB was created via executive order in 2021 and is charged with reviewing major incidents in cyberspace.

But in a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, experts told Congress that the board lacks the authorities that have made the NTSB so effective at reducing major transportation accidents and that it is too dependent on the participation of corporations that it is supposed to investigate.
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Cyber Safety Review Board needs stronger authorities, more independence, experts say