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Secret Service-style cyber protection for candidates an unlikely option

By Charlie Mitchell / February 24, 2017

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign manager is calling for a federal program to provide cybersecurity protection to candidates for all kinds of offices, but practicalities suggest it will continue to be up to independently run campaigns to make their own decisions about using available cyber tools.

Robby Mook, who sat down with Inside Cybersecurity at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, called for providing Secret Service-style cybersecurity protection to candidates at various levels, not just the presidential contenders who...


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