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State Department Cyber Reorganization ‘Misguided,’ Hill Officials Say

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, January 11th, 2021

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State Department Cyber Reorganization ‘Misguided,’ Hill Officials Say

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s creation of a new bureau for cyber security diplomacy efforts within the Department of State is “misguided” because it essentially trades one silo for another rather than position it to enable cross-cutting, “holistic” approaches to international cyber security, leading experts in Congress on cyber security said in a joint statement on Monday. “We are concerned that the State Department has moved forward with a misguided cyberspace reorganization in the waning days of the Trump administration…

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