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Progress By Federal Agencies In Boosting Cyber Defenses Still Lags, White House Official Says

Progress By Federal Agencies In Boosting Cyber Defenses Still Lags, White House Official Says
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The challenge facing federal agencies boosting their cyber defenses has less to do with knowing what to do than actually doing it, a White House official that coordinates interagency cyber security efforts, said on Thursday. “We know what we need to be doing,” John Banghart, director, Federal Agency Cyber Security on the White House National Security Staff, said at FireEye’s [FEYE] 2014 Government Forum. “And as reporting has shown us…clearly demonstrates that we’re not making rapid enough progress.” Banghart believes…

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