White Houses Releases Federal Cyber Response Guidelines

Homeland Security Today: Amid the federal investigation into the massive email leak from the Democratic National Convention, the White House issued guidance for the first time on how government agencies should respond to large-scale cyber incidents.

The Presidential Policy Directive on US Cyber Incident Coordination (PPD-41), which was several years in the making, provides a set of principles for responding to a significant cyber incident and defines specific cyber roles for federal agencies.

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