Partner Post: Xage Security's Top 10 Checklist to Meet CISA’s Performance Goals for Critical Infrastructure Operators
Author: Roman Arutyunov, Co-founder and SVP of Products, Xage Security Top 10 checklist for critical infrastructure to achieve CISA performance goals. The CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs) are one of an increasing number of guidelines, regulations, and executive orders being released by the United States federal government that are pressing critical infrastructure industries to invest in cybersecurity. These guidelines and regulations are a response to skyrocketing attacks on critical infrastructure, coming both from profit-motivated ransomware gangs and nation-state threats. One Microsoft study saw a doubling in the percentage of nation-state attacks that targeted critical infrastructure from 2021 to 2022. This trend is unlikely to change course, so defenders of critical infrastructure have an enormous cybersecurity challenge ahead.