Update: International Defence Conference 2021 Opens In Abu Dhabi With Over 2,400 Delegates From 80 Countries Joining In-person And Digitally Sat 20th February 2021 | 08:45 PM
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 20th Feb, 2021) Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, the International Defence Conference 2021, started today, Saturday 20 February. The conference was held for the first time in a hybrid format, with attendees being welcomed virtually and in-person. The conference, held at the ADNOC Business Center, brought together over 24 experts and specialists in the defence sector, with over 2,400 delegates from 80 nations joining the conference.
Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration
Reuters
January 25, 2021
WASHINGTON:
President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the US government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies.
“It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber,” said Suzanne Spaulding, director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration. It discontinued the Cybersecurity Coordinator position at the White House, shrunk the State Department’s cyber diplomacy wing, and fired federal cybersecurity leader Chris Krebs in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s November 3 election defeat.
Joe Biden enlists world class cybersecurity team after big hack on US government
By Reuters
By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn
Washington - President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the U.S. government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber, said Suzanne Spaulding, director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
WATCH: Joe Biden hires world class cybersecurity team to avoid future hacks
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The team he enlisted has deep cyber expertise and knowledge in the area
Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration
WASHINGTON: In a bid to ensure the US government recovers from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies by Russian spies, President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise and knowledge in the area.
“It is great to see the priority that the new administration is giving to cyber,” said Suzanne Spaulding, director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Friday, 22 Jan 2021 07:49 PM MYT
The other four hires are Michael Sulmeyer as senior director for cyber, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall (pic) as Homeland security advisor, Russ Travers as deputy homeland security advisor and Caitlin Durkovich as senior director for resilience and response at the NSC. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, Jan 22 President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the US government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies.