At its National Cybersecurity Summit in late July, the Department of Homeland Security unveiled its new National Risk Management Center, which will coordinate national efforts to protect U.S. critical infrastructure.

The White House eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator on the National Security Council this week. The post was central to developing policy to defend against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and the use of offensive cyber weapons.

The new strategy is “aimed at ensuring the availability of critical national functions” and “fostering efficiency, innovation, trustworthy communication, and economic prosperity in ways consistent with our national values and that protect privacy and civil liberties.” 

Since 2015, opinions about the federal government’s handling of several major issues have become less positive.

The elevation will also separate Cyber Command and the NSA, so the two could work independently of each other. 

The Senate has confirmed  David Pekoske to be the new TSA administrator.

Seventy-six of Americans are worried that the United States will become engaged in a major war in the next four years, according to a new NBC News National Security Poll.