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By SecureWorld News Team
Wed | Jul 27, 2016 | 11:25 AM PDT

By Courtney Theim
SecureWorld Media

 

In light of the recent DNC leaked email scandal, in which officials are suspicious of Russia, President Obama has released a new policy directive on coordinating cyber security policies between the government and private sectors in the event of a new attack.

The directive, released Tuesday, outlines what constitutes a cyber incident and principles of unified responsibility should an attack occur.

Lisa O. Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, delivered the new policy at an international cybersecurity conference at Fordham University in New York on Tuesday morning.

In her speech, Monaco states that, "we have a shared responsibility in guarding against cyber attacks and managing incidents" and shows, "which federal agencies are responsible," between the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate efforts during investigations.

In the instance of the current DNC email hack, the policy would hopefully streamline future responses to attacks and strengthen cybersecurity practices to prevent things like this happening again.

An article published in May on Buzzfeed says that experts thought cybersecurity for the RNC and DNC was "horrible". In one of the leaked emails from the DNC hack, Eric Walker, a DNC spokesman, says the story was, "the dumbest thing I've ever read" and sent it to a mass email list.

"While the vast majority of cyber incidents can be handled through existing policies, certain cyber incidents that have significant impacts on an entity, our national security, or the broader economy require a unique approach to response efforts. These significant cyber incidents demand unity of effort within the Federal Government and especially close coordination between the public and private sectors," the directive says.

Hopefully cybersecurity will be taken more seriously moving forward, and hackers will be served justice.

 
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