US Department of Homeland Security unveils five point strategy to combat cyber risk

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This week, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its Cybersecurity Strategy. The five “pillar” strategy will be executed by the DHS over the next five years, and aims to improve national cybersecurity risk management.

The shifting cyber threat landscape has seen governments face both state and non-state actors launching attacks on cyberspace. A major concern is the increasing sophistication of the resources used by non-state actors, which allows them to use modern information and communications technologies to develop a transnational reach. Resources like ransomware, the Darkweb (which facilitates the easy sale of illicit goods and services like malware), and the popularity of cryptocurrencies (which can be used for money laundering), raise concerns about the ability to use technology to facilitate crime. This threat is only increasing: by 2020, it is expected that more than 20 billion devices will be connected to the internet!

The DHS strategy involves:

  1. improving the ability to assess, and maintain awareness of, cybersecurity risks, and better prioritise risk-management activities;
  2. protecting US Federal Government networks with adequate cybersecurity…

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