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Mayorkas: We must guard against hackers targeting our infrastructure

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images

US Homeland Security chief’s call for companies to bake stronger cybersecurity into products leads our infosec wrap.

US regulators must hold companies accountable for their poor cybersecurity practices, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told news outlet Axios.

US critical infrastructure has proven vulnerable not only to highly skilled nation-state hackers who lurk in American infrastructure such as healthcare facilities, schools and the major utility companies – but also