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Bossert: DHS Will Be Cyber Managed Service For Government With Private Sector Help

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

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An adviser to President Trump said March 15 that the new administration will shift federal government cybersecurity into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-led managed service provider model and that the government will rely more heavily on private industry.Thomas Bossert, assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, laid out the first major statement of the new administration’s federal government cyber security priorities in a keynote address and discussion at a Center for Security Studies and International Security (CSIS) cybersecurity…

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