With Donald Trump’s win this past week cybersecurity could have a new face in the White House, Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has been head of several cyber security investigations in a law firm he works for and is one of the candidates for attorney general of the United States. This means that Giuliani could be leading the effort to force manufacturers such as Apple to provide backdoors to their encryption. This should be interesting to see how Trump will also head the NSA which has come under turmoil during Obama’s administration due to the Snowden leaks. Needless to say this should be an interesting four years for cyber security in America and the world.
Article: https://www.wired.com/2016/11/security-news-week-trumps-win-means-cybersecurity/
Brent Easley says
The Trump administration has to make cyber security a priority. Its seems from the articles I have looked at while in this class it seems that during the Obama administration there were a bunch of leaks and scandals with government systems. Protecting government systems and the information of the citizens of the United States needs to be taken seriously.
Ahmed A. Alkaysi says
I have a feeling Trump will take Cybersecurity more seriously than previous presidents might have. He mentioned that that he will create a Cyber Security review team that assess and recommends improvements to the national cyber infrastructure. Trump hates to lose, and he has admitted that ISIS is beating US in terms of Cyber. Taken all this into account, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of investment into Cyber Security initiatives during his term.
Jason A Lindsley says
It will be especially interesting how Trump handles cybersecurity when it comes to regulating private industry. Trump has said he will make it a priority to deregulate private industry, however there are proposals on the table to further regulate cybersecurity associated with US critical infrastructure (e.g. financial and energy industries). I think he’ll continue to pursue cybersecurity policy in the public and private industries because of the escalating cyber threats we are experiencing globally.
Mauchel Barthelemy says
There will certainly be changes when it comes to cybersecurity under Trump’s administration; however, I’m not sure if these will be either good or bad changes. That will remain to be seen or proven. Hopefully things evolve to a positive direction since he has promised to strengthen the U.S. military overall.