White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator Role Image

The following article by Nicole Perlroth and David E. Sanger was posted on the New York Times website May 15, 2018:

John Bolton, the national security adviser. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/EPA, via Shutterstock

The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council on Tuesday, doing away with a post central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated digital attacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.

A memorandum circulated by an aide to the new national security adviser, John R. Bolton, said the post was no longer considered necessary because lower-level officials had already made cybersecurity issues a “core function” of the president’s national security team. Continue reading “White House Eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator Role Image”