Nearly 100 people will staff a new cyber bureau at the State DepartmentToday, the State Department is launching its long-awaited cyberspace and digital policy bureau. AdvertisementStory continues below advertisementIt has more than 60 staffers — who mostly come from its cyber coordination and international communications offices — and the State Department plans to add 30 new positions in the bureau this year, a State Department spokesperson said. The big pictureThe bureau is a signal that the Biden administration is focused on elevating cyberdiplomacy amid the war in Ukraine and a year of devastating ransomware hacks. It was restructured in the Trump administration, and relegated deeper into the State Department bureaucracy until a cybersecurity bureau was approved in the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency. Advertisement“The State Department has taken a huge step toward making cybersecurity a core priority of U.S. foreign policy,” said Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), the co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2022 22:03 UTC