White House Scales Back SolarWinds, Microsoft Response

The federal government is standing down its two unified coordination groups in response to the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange incidents (see 2104140043), the White House said Monday, citing “vastly increased patching and reduction in victims.” The White House “will be handling further responses through standard incident management procedures,” said Deputy National Security Adviser-Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger. The administration will use lessons learned from the UCGs to “improve future unified, whole of Government responses to significant cyber incidents,” she said, citing private sector coordination.