Cybersecurity is featured prominently in Trump’s new national security strategy

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Cybersecurity issues permeate President Trump’s new National Security Strategy, advancing some of the cyber policies put in place by the Obama administration, while sharpening the emphasis on areas like fighting “botnets” — the tool used in automated attacks on computer systems — and pursuing cyber bad actors wherever they may be found across the globe.

Some on Capitol Hill, including Senate Intelligence ranking member Mark Warner, D-Va., expressed disappointment in the way the document addressed cyber, saying it didn’t command enough attention in the strategy.

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