https://www.cyberscoop.com/state-department-proposes-new-20-8-million-cybersecurity-bureau/
By Sean Lyngaas CYBERSCOOP June 5, 2019 The State Department has sent to Congress a long-awaited plan to reestablish a cybersecurity-focused bureau it says is key to supporting U.S. diplomatic efforts in cyberspace. The State Department’s new plan, obtained by CyberScoop, would create the Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET) to “lead U.S. government diplomatic efforts to secure cyberspace and its technologies, reduce the likelihood of cyber conflict, and prevail in strategic cyber competition.” The new bureau, with a proposed staff of 80 and projected budget of $20.8 million, would be led by a Senate-confirmed coordinator and “ambassador-at-large” with the equivalent status of an assistant secretary of State, who would report to the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. The idea comes nearly two years after then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced he would abolish the department’s cybersecurity coordinator position and put its support staff under the department’s economic bureau. CSET would “unify the policy functions and align national security responsibilities related to cybersecurity and emerging technologies with the department’s international security efforts,” and “promote the department’s long-term technical capacity in these areas,” states the document, which the State Department submitted this week to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. [...]
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