Departing top CISA official reflects on nearly four years in the cyber hot seat

CISA’s outgoing cybersecurity lead Eric Goldstein reflects on the agency’s progress in understanding and reducing cyber risk through initiatives like CyberSentry, the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, and secure-by-design, while emphasizing the transformative potential of CIRCIA’s forthcoming incident reporting rules. He underscores the need for secure AI development, humility in forecasting evolving threats, and the centrality of collaboration and people, as he prepares to move to a private-sector cybersecurity leadership role.