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Cyber

House Democratic Caucus Releases Cyber Plan

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, October 27th, 2017

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House Democratic Caucus Releases Cyber Plan

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A House Democratic caucus is pushing the White House to adapt more robust cyber priorities in a new cyber security plan focused on growing public-private partnerships and improving information sharing.The New Democrat Coalition’s cyber security task force released its plan Thursday, and is pushing for greater conversation between the White House and industry on improving information sharing, data protection, and critical infrastructure and Internet of Things (IoT) standards."Confronting digital security threats has been and remains critical. From ISIS to Russia…

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