Cybersecurity Becoming A U.S. Priority

Photo credit: iStock | As the cyber attacks on businesses and governments accelerate, the president of one of the world's leading telecommunications companies proposes a truce. Newsday

Cybersecurity Becoming U.S. Diplomatic Priority -- Yahoo News/Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – Cyber security is now a diplomatic priority for the United States with Washington looking to build relationships to tackle information theft and reduce the risk of conflict, a senior official said.

State Department coordinator for cyber issues, Christopher Painter, said the United States faced a host of potential threats in cyberspace from freelance hackers to militants and potentially rival states. Diplomacy and policy was only just beginning to catch up with technology, he said.

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