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Cyber

DHS Releases Action Plan To Counter Threats From China

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 14th, 2021

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DHS Releases Action Plan To Counter Threats From China

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday released a strategic plan for how it will confront threats from China, taking advantage of the department’s existing authorities and capabilities to respond to challenges in the areas of border security and immigration, trade and economic security, cyber security, and maritime security. “For decades” China “has leveraged non-traditional tools to gain access to and exploit our global institutions and rules-based order, with little to no response,” DHS says. “This has resulted in the…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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