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Cyber

Time Ripe To Capitalize On New Cyber Institutions, Ecosystem Or Risk Losing Opportunity

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

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Time Ripe To Capitalize On New Cyber Institutions, Ecosystem Or Risk Losing Opportunity

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: DHS

The creation of new institutions over the past few years combined with greater awareness of the importance of cybersecurity across the public and private sectors has created an opportunity to capitalize on these developments to further bolster the nation’s cybersecurity and defenses, a top homeland security official said on Thursday. “My strong belief is that if we don't capitalize on cybersecurity as a priority, on the institutions that have been built, on this evolving collaboration across our community, if we…

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