
Trump Administration Shifts Cyberattack Response to States
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The Trump administration wants state and local governments to play a bigger role in protecting critical infrastructure such as water services and ports from cyberattacks. In a decree signed on Tuesday, President Trump asked the White House security advisors to develop a national resilience plan to protect these infrastructures. This decree aims to strengthen states' ability to respond to cyber threats by involving them more in the defense of essential infrastructures.