03-13-2019, 10:08 AM
(03-13-2019, 09:55 AM)Maggot Wrote: The Trump administration is being praised for its significant and thoughtful process of cyber security improvements throughout the year. Kiersten Todt said. She was a part of Obamas old Cyber security team.
That was really great to read. I think cyber warfare is a huge threat to our national security and I'm glad to see it being addressed very seriously and efficiently under the Trump administration.
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Cybersecurity industry leaders and former government officials are now heaping praise on the Trump administration’s digital security policies -- describing them as smart and measured.
In fact — from how the government protects its own networks and critical infrastructure to how it cooperates with allies — experts at the RSA conference said the best word to describe Trump cybersecurity policy is continuity.
Kiersten Todt, a former White House official, directed an Obama-era cybersecurity policy commission tasked with making recommendation to the next presidential administration. Two years later, she said, it’s striking how many of that commission’s recommendations — from addressing the threat of botnets to surging cooperation between government and the private sector — are being put into effect.
“Whatever your feelings about how other things are being managed in this administration, on the cybersecurity side we’ve seen significant and thoughtful progress,” Todt said.
Full piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powe...1a37c1af80