Secretary Tillerson announces plan to establish cyber bureau at State Dept.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson informed lawmakers today that he will establish a new bureau for cyberspace, a move that comes as Congress is considering legislation that would re-establish a cybersecurity coordinator office and could deflate political momentum for imposing cyber diplomacy requirements on the Trump administration.

“The enclosed proposal will cohesively unify the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues and Bureau of Economic Affairs' Office of International Communications and Information Policy,” Tillerson wrote in his Feb. 6...