Trump’s DHS pick urges more coordination on cyberthreats

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security chief wants to forge closer ties with the private sector in the cyber arena. Gen. John F. Kelly (Ret.), a more than four-decade veteran of the Marine Corps, appeared this week before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for his confirmation hearing, the second of Trump’s…

Trump Plans To Build Anti-Hacking Team

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will set up a team to guide the government on how to ward off cyberattacks within 90 days of taking office, reports Reuters. He said this soon after a “constructive” meeting with members of US intelligence agencies on January 6 to discuss the agencies’ report on last year’s…