WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, today praised the launch of a federal-state cybersecurity partnership. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Governor of Michigan announced the launch of a federally developed cybersecurity technologies program, know as EINSTEIN 1, in the state of Michigan. This program will allow DHS and Michigan to identify and eliminate malicious cyber threats to state government networks.

“Protecting our nation’s borders on all levels is of the upmost importance. This federal-state partnership program will assist Michigan with identifying possible cybersecurity threats and then share that information with DHS to protect our infrastructure,” said Rep. Miller. “We must constantly work towards enhancing our ability to detect threats to our critical infrastructure, especially when it comes to our network and communication systems. I commend DHS for selecting Michigan to partake in this pilot federal-state partnership program.”

EINSTEIN 1 technology automates the collection and analysis of computer network security information from participating agency and government networks to help analysts identify and combat malicious cyber activity that may threaten government network systems, data protection and communications infrastructure. As part of the partnership with Michigan, DHS’ U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team will identify possible abnormal activities on Michigan’s networks and address threats to critical cyber infrastructure.

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