U.S. Hasn't Shared Enough About Cyber Risks, Official Says
- Evanina says adversaries constantly find ‘gaps and weaknesses’
- ‘We have not done the best job’ informing government, business
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The U.S. government has failed to share enough information about cyber threats, including risks to election systems, with federal agencies and states, according to a top Trump administration intelligence official.
Intelligence agencies are “kicking butt offensively,” but the U.S. needs to be better prepared to defend against future attacks as adversaries constantly learn about “our gaps and weaknesses,’’ William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said Thursday at a conference in Washington.