Botnet initiative on course for fall 'roadmap' release, leveraging ongoing Commerce Dept. efforts

The process for advancing the Trump administration's much-anticipated botnet initiative is coming into clearer focus, sources say, as officials move to “leverage” ongoing Commerce Department efforts in the crafting of a botnet strategy “roadmap.”

The botnet report released this spring by the departments of Commerce and Homeland Security called for a four-month period to draft a “roadmap” that would frame a one-year push by the two departments to develop a sweeping strategy on botnets.

The four-month clock is expected...