The U.S. State Department launched a new bureau on March 4, which will introduce new bureaucracies to contend with emerging issues in cybersecurity through policy development and coordination. The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) will seek to “address the national security challenges, economic opportunities, and implications for American values associated with cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy,” according to a statement by the State Department. The CDP is divided into three policy units, each of which will ostensibly have its own head. The units are International Cyberspace Security, International Information and Communications Policy, and Digital Freedom. The bureau will eventually be led by a new ambassador-at-large, whom will be confirmed by the Senate and serve as a top cyber diplomat for the United States. To that end, The department and its top officer appear to be largely a recreation of the Obama-era Office of the Cyber Coordinator, which the …
Biden Administration Launches New Bureaucratic Framework for Cybersecurity
April 4, 2022
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