White House issues directive clarifying government role in cyber incident response

President Obama today approved a new presidential policy directive to better coordinate the federal government’s response to cyber incidents, clarifying the role of government when the private sector experiences a cyber attack.

Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, will formally announce the new policy directive this morning at the Fordham University International Conference on Cyber Security.

“This directive establishes a clear framework to coordinate the government’s response to such incidents,” Monaco will say at...