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National cyber director backs new Bureau of Cyber Statistics

August 3, 2021

Via: FCW
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The White House is still considering whether to support the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s recommendation to establish a Bureau of Cyber Statistics, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said on Monday, while stressing the urgent need for the federal government to begin assessing and publishing data on cybersecurity incidents.

Inglis, who served as a member of the Solarium Commission and was confirmed by the Senate in June as the first White House national cyber director, said the U.S. response to cyberattacks would become increasingly “episodic” and “perhaps less optimal” without a Bureau of Cyber Statistics. The Bureau would be tasked with regularly publishing data and analyzing cybersecurity incidents from organizations who report that information to the Department of Homeland Security, where the bureau would be established.

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