Capacity building ‘critical’ for cybersecurity, says State official

A top official for the State Department’s cyber bureau said the need for capacity building, which he described as everything from fighting cybercrime to countering violent extremism online, is essential to sustaining the progress made on the administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace.

“Capacity building efforts are really critically important,” the Coordinator for Cyber Issues Christopher Painter said at the National Press Club audience on April 5.

The former prosecutor, who has been leading the charge at State to implement the administration cyber strategy introduced in 2011,  said success depends on getting countries around the world to make sure “they have the right policies in place, the right structures in place and … are taking it seriously.” For the full article click here 

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