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NSTAC Recommends White House Create Senior Advisor For ICT Resiliency And Innovation

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

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NSTAC Recommends White House Create Senior Advisor For ICT Resiliency And Innovation

Given the challenges in securing key information and communications technology (ICT) as well as fostering innovation in this area, a key advisory committee on Tuesday formally recommended that the White House establish a senior adviser position to help coordinate the government’s and nation’s efforts to take these challenges on. The final report by the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) was approved unanimously by the committee late Tuesday afternoon. The recommendations aren’t new as the 76-page draft Report to the…

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