Question marks scattered across cyber policy landscape as Congress recesses

Published April 11, 2017 4:22pm ET



There are plenty of open cybersecurity policy questions — on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch — as Congress takes a two-week recess.

While lawmakers are away, cyber policy watchers will be looking for a long-awaited executive order from President Trump on cybersecurity. The order is expected to spell out agencies’ roles in securing federal networks as well as pay special attention to “botnets” — the infection of interconnected devices with malware that is then used to launch attacks against targets such as financial networks, communications systems and internet service providers.

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