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Cyber

Biden Urges Heightened Cybersecurity Preparedness Amid Concerns About Russia

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 21st, 2022

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Biden Urges Heightened Cybersecurity Preparedness Amid Concerns About Russia

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

The Biden administration in classified briefings last week and publicly on Monday urged critical infrastructure entities to ensure they are doing all they can to protect themselves from cyber-attacks and the president warned that Russia is mulling its options on the cyber front. “This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience,” President Biden said in a statement. “I have previously warned about the potential that Russia could conduct malicious cyber…

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