Obama adviser urges leading role for cabinet-level agencies on cybersecurity regulations

Cabinet-level agencies must spearhead efforts to use regulations and incentives to mitigate major cyber risks in U.S. industry sectors facing unique challenges, Obama administration adviser Richard Danzig said Wednesday.

In the next decade, the world could see destructive cyber attacks against societal processes such as financial systems and the power grid as well as a growing risk that terrorists will target vulnerabilities in the ever-expanding Internet of Things to advance their agendas, he said at the USENIX Security Symposium in...