U.S. to create new cybersecurity agency
BPC Staff Feb 10, 2015 | 4:34 pm
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211 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and LawThe U.S. government is creating a new agency that will monitor cybersecurity threats and gather and analyze information on a spectrum of risks, Reuters reported.
The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center will be an “intelligence center that will ‘connect the dots’ between various cyber threats to the nation so that relevant departments and agencies are aware of these threats in as close to real time as possible,” the official said on condition of anonymity.
President Barack Obama has moved cybersecurity to the top of his 2015 agenda after recent hacking attacks against Sony Pictures, Home Depot Inc., Anthem Inc. and Target Corp., as well as the federal government itself.
Various federal agencies have cybersecurity components, including the National Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the CIA. The Obama administration is trying to connect the agencies “so that there’s one bellybutton for the entire U.S. government,” Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike cybersecurity agency, said on the CBS “This Morning” program.
“That’s a good strategy. It’s important because there’s so many different pieces of intelligence coming in. You’ve got to collaborate and put it together,” he said.
The White House counterterrorism coordinator, Lisa Monaco, is expected to announce the new center in an address today.