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Under Wolf, Cyber Security Still A Priority, Krebs Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

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Under Wolf, Cyber Security Still A Priority, Krebs Says

Cyber security remains a priority under new Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said on Thursday. Christopher Krebs, presenting at a National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) meeting in Washington, D.C., said he met with Wolf Thursday morning, telling the panel later that it’s “good to know that cyber security will remain a priority for the department with a particular focus back on election security as well.” Krebs noted that…

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