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White House Cyber Security Leader Says Accepting Risks Critical For IT Improvement

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

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White House Cyber Security Leader Says Accepting Risks Critical For IT Improvement

Federal information technology (IT) networks must be treated as secure architecture and all departments and agencies need to identify and accept cyber risks in order to best move forward with new security protocol, according to White House Cyber Security Coordinator Rob Joyce.Joyce, speaking at MeriTalk’s Gov Protect event on Wednesday, discussed White House’s role in pursuing cyber security measures and expounded on the four major themes included in the recent cyber executive order signed in May, such as risk identification,…

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