President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to increase the White House’s role in the nation’s cybersecurity.
The order assigns responsibility for protecting federal networks and critical infrastructure to the executive branch of government.
The executive order declares that the heads of executive departments and agencies are to be held accountable for managing the cybersecurity risk to their enterprises.
After meeting intelligence chiefs in January, the incoming president stated he would appoint a team to come up with a plan on cybersecurity within 90 days of taking office, although this was subsequently postponed.
Now, 111 days after the inauguration, President Trump has stated that “the executive branch has for too long accepted antiquated and difficult-to-defend IT”.
Source: Sky News.