Lawmakers involved in the defense and intelligence communities said the government shutdown has pulled thousands of intelligence analysts away from their jobs and away from defending against less-than-immediate threats to the country and its infrastructure. Speaking at Politico’s Cyber7 event on Oct. 8, lawmakers and industry representatives lamented the civilian furloughs that resulted from the government shutdown, including furloughs for more than 70 percent of civilians in the intelligence field, whose job descriptions do not directly involve handling immediate threats. “We…
Gov’t Shutdown Hinders Cyberattack Monitoring, Prevention; Costs Industry Millions A Day
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