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Biden Says Cyber Security Will Be A Top Priority; Requires Investments, Deterrence

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 17th, 2020

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Biden Says Cyber Security Will Be A Top Priority; Requires Investments, Deterrence

President-elect Joe Biden

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said that cyber security will be a top priority for his administration, including an investigation into a major cyber hack of the federal government that was disclosed earlier this month. He also suggested said his response to such attacks will be aggressive. “Our adversaries should know that, as President, I will not stand idly by in the face of cyber assaults on our nation,” Biden said. Biden’s two paragraph statement mentions the priority he will…

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