Security News > 2021 > March > Biden administration reveals probe into government security has found holes, wants more private sector collaboration as the cure
The Biden administration has outlined its plan to address US government security in the wake of attacks on SolarWinds' Orion platform and Microsoft Exchange, with closer private sector collaboration the centerpiece of its response.
The administration revealed its plans in a transcript of phone briefing call staged between members of the press and a speaker identified as a "Senior administration official."
"Today, the cost of insecure technology is borne at the end: by incidence response and cleanup. And we really believe it will cost us a lot less if we build it right at the outset," said the anonymous official, who added that the administration wants to prioritize security in the way the US builds and buys software, while balancing innovation and security.
The administration has also invited members of the private sector to participate in its National Security Council-led Unified Coordination Group.
"We are focused on tightening the partnership between the US government and the private sector, who does have visibility into the domestic industry and into private sector networks, to ensure we can rapidly share threat information and we can address the liability barriers and disincentives that disincentivize U.S. companies from both addressing some of these issues and rapidly sharing information when there are incidents," said the official.
We've found significant gaps in modernization and in technology of cybersecurity across the federal government.