Cyber Safety Review Board

The Cyber Safety Review Board (also called the Cybersecurity Safety Review Board) was established by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security.[1][2][3] Modeled after the National Transportation Safety Board, it will meet in cases of significant cybersecurity incidents.[4][5] The board's creation was announced upon President Joe Biden's signing of Executive Order 14028 on May 12, 2021.[6][7]

The Board serves a deliberate function to review major cyber events and make concrete recommendations that would drive improvements within the private and public sectors. The Board’s construction is a unique and valuable collaboration of government and private sector members, and provides a direct path to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the President to ensure the recommendations are addressed and implemented, as appropriate. As a uniquely constituted advisory body, the Board will focus on learning lessons and sharing them with those that need them to enable advances in national cybersecurity.[3]

The CSRB is composed of 15 highly esteemed cybersecurity leaders from the federal government and the private sector that make up the inaugural board membership:[3]


The first report of the board was published 11 July 2022 and described Log4j and Log4shell.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Sanger, David E.; Perlroth, Nicole; Barnes, Julian E. (2021-05-10). "Biden Plans an Order to Strengthen Cyberdefenses. Will It Be Enough?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  2. ^ "Biden Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order Following Colonial Pipeline Hack". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ^ a b c "Cyber Safety Review Board website".
  4. ^ "The New Cyber Executive Order is a Good Start, But Needs a Supercharge from Congress". Just Security. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ^ Katz, Justin (May 13, 2021). "Cyber EO lays a foundation for securing government". GCN. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ^ "Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity". The White House. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. ^ Macias, Kevin Breuninger,Amanda (2021-05-12). "Biden signs executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses after Colonial Pipeline hack". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Cyber Safety Review Board (11 July 2022), Review of the December 2021 Log4j Event (PDF), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Wikidata Q113274848