Manfra said businesses should follow DHS lead in adopting email security measures

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Jeanette Manfra said business leaders should follow suit in adopting the department's government-wide directive issued earlier this week on using new protocols to increase email and website security.

Manfra said businesses should view the directive to federal agencies as a “signal” of what everyone should do to secure emails and data. It “only works if we're all doing it,” she told tech industry and government officials on Wednesday at the CyberTalks conference in Washington,...