Kicking off the 20th Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we welcome back to the podcast Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He shares insights on the exciting new cybersecurity public awareness campaign just launched, "Secure Our World". It features simple ways to protect yourself, your family, and your business from online threats. Eric also shares some key takeaways from the recent headline making MOVEit attack impacting 60M+ individuals and sparking a new $10M bounty from the US State Department for the Clop ransomware group. And we dive into CISA's Strategic Plan which focuses on how we will collectively reduce risk and build resilience to cyber and physical threats to the nation's infrastructure. This is an awesome episode you won't want to miss! https://www.cisa.gov/secure-our-world

Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA

Eric Goldstein serves as the Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as of February 19, 2021. In this role, Goldstein leads CISA's mission to protect and strengthen federal civilian agencies and the nation's critical infrastructure against cyber threats.

Previously, Goldstein was the Head of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and Regulation at Goldman Sachs, where he led a global team to improve and mature the firm's cybersecurity risk management program. He served at CISA's precursor agency, the National Protection and Programs Directorate,from 2013 to 2017 in various roles including Policy Advisor for Federal Network Resilience, Branch Chief for Cybersecurity Partnerships and Engagement, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity, and Senior Counselor to the Under Secretary.

At other points in his career, Goldstein practiced cybersecurity law at an international law firm, led cybersecurity research and analysis projects at a federally-funded research and development center, and served as a Fellow in Advanced Cyber Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, among other roles.

He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Georgetown University School of Public Policy, and Georgetown University Law Center.

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