Biden puts cyber at center of his agenda
District of Columbia | July 21, 2021
A series of disruptive cyberattacks targeting sectors from food to energy to technology has forced President Biden to put cybersecurity at the center of his agenda in his first six months in office.
Biden has focused on Russia and China as two nations that present major threats to America’s national and economic security, with cyber issues being prime areas of engagement with those countries as ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure become a constant headache.
The president is regularly briefed on cybersecurity, and the topic drew particular focus during Biden’s second Cabinet meeting since taking office, held Tuesday afternoon.
“We’ve been very clear to other nations as to what we expect in terms of their conduct,” Biden told reporters during the meeting.
Biden campaigned on a pledge to make cybersecurity a top priority as president and experts say that he’s thus far made good on that promise in his personnel choices, responses to attacks and with a sweeping executive order aimed at improving federal cybersecurity…
(Excerpts from the Hill)