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Senate faces renewed pressure to create cybersecurity agency within DHS

By Mariam Baksh / August 14, 2018

A key presidential advisor is calling on the Senate to pass legislation creating a cybersecurity agency within the Department of Homeland Security, arguing that coordinating the nation's cyber defenses is crucial to ensuring “lifeline services,” including protecting elections.

“The time has come for the United States to create a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that is both chartered and empowered to lead the defense of America's critical infrastructures,” said Peter Altabef, who is leading the President’s National Telecommunications Security Advisory...


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