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Thursday, January 14, 2021

State Department Sets Up Bureau for Cybersecurity, Emerging Technologies

Need for new examination of emergent tech and its application. 

State Department Sets Up Bureau for Cybersecurity, Emerging Technologies

The Hill, Maggie Miller. January 7, 2021

The establishment of a new bureau at the U.S. State Department for cybersecurity and emerging technologies has been approved by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) will help spearhead diplomatic programs around these topics, including prevention of cyber conflicts with potentially adversarial nations. The announcement came as the federal government continues to deal with Russia's breach of information technology company SolarWinds, which affected the State Department and about a dozen other federal agencies. A State Department spokesperson said, "The need to reorganize and resource America's cyberspace and emerging technology security diplomacy through the creation of CSET is critical, as the challenges to U.S. national security presented by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other cyber and emerging technology competitors and adversaries have only increased since the Department notified Congress in June 2019 of its intent to create CSET."

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