The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency won’t attend the annual RSA Conference in March, an agency spokesperson confirmed to The Register. Sessions involving speakers from the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) have also disappeared from the agenda.
“Since the beginning of this administration, CISA has made significant progress in returning to our statutory, core mission and focusing on President Trump’s policies for maximum security for all Americans,” CISA spokesperson Marci McCarthy told us. “CISA has reviewed and determined that we will not participate in the RSA Conference since we regularly review all stakeholder engagements, to ensure maximum impact and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars.”
McCarthy declined to comment on whether the decision had anything to do with former CISA director Jen Easterly being named chief executive of RSAC last week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_EC_DRBG
For some reason I feel people need to be reminded of the RSA backdoor
FBI director breaking opsec best practices and regulations every chance he gets like it’s going out of style. Why show up to a conference where other people could talk about that?
