Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen demanded Wednesday that Congress pass legislation by the end of the year that turns the department’s cybersecurity office into an agency that has the freedom to operate independently.
“DHS wasn’t built for a digital pandemic. Our cybersecurity arm — the National Protection and Programs Directorate — needs to be authorized in law and transformed into a full-fledged operational agency,” Nielsen said during a speech at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. “Today, I ask Congress to pass legislation immediately, and absolutely before the year ends.”
Nielson built upon her prior assessment that cyberattacks have become the greatest threat to the security of America’s government, businesses, and people following the department’s focusing for years on counterterrorism.
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