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Witnesses: Iran cyber threat underscores need for resources, national education campaign

By Charlie Mitchell / January 15, 2020

The House Homeland Security Committee today heard pointed warnings from cybersecurity experts that Iran is ready, willing and able to strike at the United States in cyberspace, and that the U.S. must devote more resources to defending against and educating the public about the threat.

The “mismatch” between resources allocated to the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and “the level of the threat” in cyberspace is an enormous strategic mistake, said Tom Warrick, a former senior official at the...


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