Question marks scattered across cyber policy landscape as Congress recesses

From: Washington Examiner

By CHARLIE MITCHELL

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While lawmakers are away, cyber policy watchers will be looking for a long-awaited executive order from President Trump on cybersecurity. The order is expected to spell out agencies’ roles in securing federal networks as well as pay special attention to “botnets” — the infection of interconnected devices with malware that is then used to launch attacks against targets such as financial networks, communications systems and internet service providers.

It’s also expected to include language — worrisome to industry — referencing a provision in a 2013 Obama executive order that applied special attention to certain critical infrastructure where a cyberattack could have a devastating impact on the United States

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