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Undated: Cybersecurity standards (also styled cyber security standards)[1] are techniques generally set forth in published materials that attempt to protect the cyber environment of a user or organization.[2] This environment includes users themselves, networks, devices, all software, processes, information in storage or transit, applications, services, and systems that can be connected directly or indirectly to networks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_security_standards

[from September 2017]: ... According to TechTarget, the term: Cybersecurity (which is based outright on American grammar/spelling choice) is the body of technologies, practices, and processes designed to protect computers, programs, networks and data from damage, attacks or unauthorized access. In the context of computing, the term security implies cybersecurity.”

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On the other hand, Cyber Security is defined by the Economictimes (based on British grammar/spelling style) to mean: “the techniques of protecting computers, networks, programs and data from unauthorized access or attacks that are aimed at exploitation.”

From the above two definitions, both terms—Cybersecurity and Cyber Security—have the same meaning.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/which-word-should-i-use-cybersecurity-cyber-security-linda-rawson

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February 9:
From the beginning of his  Administration, [President Obama] has made it clear that cybersecurity is one of the most important challenges we face as a Nation, and for more than seven years he has acted comprehensively to confront that challenge. Working together with Congress, we took another step forward in this effort in December with the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, which provides important tools necessary to strengthen the Nation’s cybersecurity, particularly by making it easier for private companies to share cyber threat information with each other and the Government.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/09/fact-sheet-cybersecurity-national-action-plan

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September 27: Trump’s Incoherent Ideas About ‘the Cyber’

... we had to get very, very tough on cyber and cyber warfare. It is a huge problem. I have a son—he’s 10 years old. He has computers. He is so good with these computers. It’s unbelievable. The security aspect of cyber is very, very tough. And maybe, it's hardly doable. But I will say, we are not doing the job we should be doing. But that’s true throughout our whole governmental society. We have so many things that we have to do better ... And certainly cyber is one of them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/09/trumps-incoherent-ideas-about-the-cyber/501839/


Undated: Everything You Need to Know About Trump’s Cybersecurity Strategy

When President-elect Donald Trump assumes office on January 20, he’ll immediately be faced with a wide range of national and international challenges.

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One of the most critical is cyber crime with the prevalence and significance of cyber crime continuing to increase. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2016 Global Economic Crime Survey found that 54 percent of respondents from U.S. organizations experienced some type of cyber crime, compared to 32 percent of companies worldwide.

Yet, Trump’s approach to this pressing problem was not made fully apparent during his campaign; therefore, no one knows what a fully operational Donald Trump cybersecurity plan would look like.
https://careersincybersecurity.com/everything-need-know-trumps-cybersecurity-strategy/

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January 12: Trump names Rudy Giuliani as cybersecurity adviser

President-elect Donald Trump named former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani as an informal adviser on cybersecurity, according to the presidential transition office.

Giuliani, who heads a cybersecurity consulting firm Giuliani Partners, will serve as an adviser on finding solutions to cyber-incursions in the private sector and to advise the government on possible responses.

“This is a rapidly evolving field both as to intrusions and solutions and it is critically important to get timely information from all sources,” the transition team said in a statement. “Mr. Giuliani was asked to initiate this process because of his long and very successful government career in law enforcement and his now sixteen years of work providing security solutions in the private sector.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/12/trump-names-rudy-giuliani-as-cybersecurity-adviser/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c96b69805d38


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January 18: How Trump talks about tech ... Much hacking,” our “cyber world,” and “the computer that picks up a phone”

Sometimes it’s funny to watch our elders try to navigate the technological world. But when that person is Donald Trump, the man who will soon be responsible for making sure the United States is on the forefront of cybersecurity, it doesn’t feel like a laughing matter.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/3kp3q3/how-donald-trump-talks-about-tech


August 28:
Over a quarter of the members on Trump's cybersecurity advisory council have resigned en masse

The letter that advisers — many of whom were Obama-era appointees — submitted to the White House was published by Nextgov and cited several reasons for leaving, including President Donald Trump's controversial response to the riots in Charlottesville that were sparked by white supremacists; Trump's decision to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate deal; and his "insufficient attention" to possible cyber threats posed to American infrastructure, including its election systems.

http://www.businessinsider.com/members-of-trump-cybersecurity-council-resign-2017-8


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January 3: Several months after the WannaCry cyber-attack, much of the world still seems to be asleep to the potential catastrophic effects of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure systems.

The first nation state-level cyber-attack on critical infrastructure, widely attributed to a joint collaboration between American and Israeli intelligence against Iran, was uncovered in 2010. Known as the Stuxnet virus, the attack aimed to take down Iran’s nuclear program.

The virus failed to achieve its mission. But by destroying nearly 1,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges, it was unprecedented for having caused physical damage by way of virtual attack. And it ushered in a new era of conflict: that of offensive cyber-warfare. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180103-the-labs-that-protect-against-online-warfare

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March 23: Nonexistent Trump cybersecurity policy worries experts

Shortly before taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump
promised to deliver a comprehensive plan to improve the nation’s cybersecurity within 90 days of his inauguration. Instead, three weeks after that the 90-day mark, he signed a 3,070-word executive order focused on protecting government networks. It broke little new ground in fighting cybercrime.

Nearly a year later, Trump has still not released a comprehensive national cybersecurity policy, and pressure is growing on his administration to expand on his executive order.
https://www.the-parallax.com/2018/03/23/trump-cybersecurity-policy-worry/

March 27: Trump Extends National Cybersecurity Emergency

Says malicious attacks pose "extraordinary" threat

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President Trump has extended the cyber attack national emergency, which was declared by President Obama in April 2015 but would have terminated April 1, while elsewhere on the broadband front, the White House was promoting efforts by Republicans in Congress to further broadband infrastructure buildouts, which the administration has said are a priority in rural areas.
https://www.multichannel.com/news/trump-extends-national-cybersecurity-emergency-418884

April 19: Trump sends cyber warfare strategy to Congress

Lawmakers from both parties have been pressing the administration for a comprehensive cyber strategy for several months. An annual defense policy law approved last year mandates that Trump develop a national policy for cyberspace and cyber warfare. 

The president strongly objected to the provision at the time because it made funding for the White House Communications Agency contingent on him producing the strategy. 

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The text of the letter sent Thursday contains no clues about the actual contents of the report.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/384017-trump-sends-cyber-warfare-strategy-to-congress

May 9: Bolton pushing to eliminate White House cyber job

The move could send the message 'that the U.S. is taking the gas pedal off of cybersecurity,' one former NSC official says.

Cybersecurity experts and former National Security Council officials expressed alarm at the idea of eliminating the job, saying it would undo much of the progress the U.S. has made on cyber efforts and send the wrong message about U.S. priorities in the digital domain.

The internal debate over the cyber adviser job is the latest example of government dysfunction in the digital security realm. On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a summary of its recommendations related to election security, highlighting several areas where agencies like DHS fell short during the hack-plagued 2016 election.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/09/bolton-white-house-cyber-czar-523430

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May 14: The Cybersecurity 202: Trump's ZTE reversal flouts warnings from top national security officials
https://www.washingtonpost.com/

May 24: Trump abolished the Cybersecurity Coordinator position. Maybe he’ll build a huge (fire) wall

The office of Cybersecurity Coordinator was implemented to help protect America from a burgeoning set of threats including electronic terrorism, ransomware, and weaponized AI. Unfortunately it was put in place by president Barrack Obama’s administration.

While we can’t be sure that fact is related, we do know president Donald Trump signed an executive order to get rid of the position last week.
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2018/05/24/trump-abolished-the-cybersecurity-coordinator-position-maybe-hell-build-a-huge-fire-wall/

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July 19: The Worst Cybersecurity Breaches of 2018 So Far
https://www.wired.com/story/2018-worst-hacks-so-far/

October 17: What Are The Biggest Cyber-Security Trends Of 2018?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/10/17/what-are-the-biggest-cyber-security-trends-of-2018/#fec9d6e28151

November 22: Interpol's new chief: the 'bulldozer' with a taste for tackling cybercrime

Kim Jong-yang likely to refocus organisation and popularise South Korean police tactics known as ‘K-cop wave’

The election of South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as president of Interpol after months of scandal will likely see the organisation return to its core mission, as delegates chose a career cop over Kremlin insider Alexander Prokopchuk.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/nov/22/interpols-new-chief-the-bulldozer-with-a-taste-for-tackling-cybercrime

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December 14: U.S. Tech Giant Cloudflare Provides Cybersecurity For At Least 7 Terror Groups

Among its customers are the Taliban, al-Shabab and Hamas.

In the United States, it’s a crime to knowingly provide tangible or intangible “material support” — including communications equipment — to a designated foreign terrorist organization or to provide service to an OFAC-sanctioned entity without special permission. Cloudflare, which is not authorized by the OFAC to do business with such organizations, has been informed on multiple occasions, dating back to at least 2012, that it is shielding terrorist groups behind its network, and it continues to do so.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cloudflare-cybersecurity-terrorist-groups_us_5c127778e4b0835fe3277f2f

December 19: The US justice department has indicted two Chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of companies and government agencies in Western countries.

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The pair are allegedly part of a "hacking group" known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, affiliated with China's main intelligence service. ... They have not been arrested.

The US and UK have accused China of violating an agreement relating to commercial espionage.

Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong worked for a company called Huaying Haitai and in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security, the US court filing says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46638323

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