White House National Cyber Strategy praised by experts

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The White House published a comprehensive National Cyber Strategy detailing how the Trump administration aims to improve cybersecurity in government, critical infrastructure and the private sector, as well as tackling cybercrime and international issues.

The National Cyber Strategy builds upon the cybersecurity executive order signed in May 2017 and the subsequent security audit reports submitted by federal agencies. The White House claims this is “the first fully articulated National Cyber Strategy released in 15 years.” However, Bryson Bort,

fellow
at the National Security Institute and CEO of Scythe, said that wasn’t exactly right.

“A Cybersecurity Sprint in response to the OMB compromise was enacted [in 2015] to attempt to immediately shore up federal networks, but this dragged on and very little was accomplished. The [Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan] was released to

federal
government in 2015,” Bort wrote via email. “The [Cybersecurity National Action Plan] was released in 2016 directing a commission to develop a plan and strategy. OPM released a workforce strategy in 2017. The position of National Cyber Coordinator was created by the…

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