Cyber initiatives roll on, despite political uncertainties

By Charlie Mitchell

Published August 23, 2017 2:44pm ET

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Cyber initiatives roll on, despite political uncertainties — Cybersecurity veterans say important initiatives are advancing across government and the private sector, including federal agencies' ongoing implementation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's framework of cybersecurity standards under President Trump's recent executive order on cybersecurity. | matejmo

For years, a mantra in cyber circles was the need for sustained attention to cybersecurity policy at the highest levels of government, starting with the president.

Government officials constantly preached — and still do — the need for corporate CEOs to be personally engaged on cybersecurity, and it came to be expected that the president of the United States would provide an example and be similarly locked in on the issue.

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