Christopher Krebs (not related to cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs) was the CISA Director from early 2018 until November 2020. He obtained a BA in Environmental Sciences in 1999, and earned a JD in 2007. His LinkedIn profile demonstrates absolutely no experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure security, or any other field in the CISA’s purview.
Krebs spent two years in DHS, probably as a lawyer, then worked for a PR company. He then joined Obsidian Analysis, where he worked under Matthew Travis. Obsidian, a murky DC consultancy firm, experienced a meteoric rise under the Obama administration due to federal contracts. Krebs later made Matthew Travis his Deputy Director in the CISA. Before being appointed to the CISA, Krebs joined Microsoft as Director of Cybersecurity Policy, 2014 – 2017:
“Chris Krebs is a member of Microsoft’s U.S. government affairs team in Washington, D.C. As director of cybersecurity policy, he leads Microsoft’s U.S. policy work on issues related to cybersecurity and lawful access.”
Krebs’ CISA Allowed Ransomware Attacks against Hospitals
Since late 2016, US hospitals have been hit with ransomware attacks. In a typical attack, cyber-gangsters penetrate the network, encrypt the data, and demand ransom to decrypt it. Usually, when a specific cybersecurity issue like this is identified, it is resolved pretty quickly. Continue reading Krebs CISA, Dominion Voting, Smartmatic, Malloch-Brown, and Elections →