Facing unprecedented cyber attacks that could cripple critical US infrastructure, the Department of Homeland Security is launching a new initiative to guard the nation’s banks, energy companies and other industries. Addressing a cybersecurity summit in New York City Tuesday, national security officials warned that not only are the nation’s power grid and economic systems vulnerable, but our very democracy is at risk.
With nearly 90 percent of our critical infrastructure in private hands – most of it interconnected – intelligence top brass said there is a growing crisis that requires government and private companies to work together. “We are in a crisis mode,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told those gathered for the summit. “A Cat 5 hurricane has been forecast, and we must prepare.” READ MORE
