Expert: Trump Cyber Policy Could Be 'Remarkably Boring'

If leaked drafts are any indication, the Trump administration'due south forthcoming cyber policy volition likely be similar to those of previous presidents, a erstwhile Homeland Security official said here at RSA.

RSA 2022 Bug Art "I really think we accept some decent clues. We've seen a couple of different leaked drafts of a cyber club," said Stewart Bakery, old Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretarial assistant for Policy under George W. Bush-league. "Compared to the [other executive] orders that were actually signed, they are remarkably boring and responsible."

Assuming something like the leaked draft orders are eventually signed by the president, the new policy will build on those from the Obama and Bush administrations, Baker speculated.

The first leak was "very procedural very respectful of cabinet ... responsibilities and non a know-it-all kinda document," Baker said. Specifically, it calls for a series of reports nigh various areas of cyber-security policy. The 2nd leaked typhoon certificate called for more than action, but still very measured action in the form of plans to harden security measures.

Both were "very thoughtful and pretty consistent with by practices and with an orderly process," Baker said.

That might come every bit a relief to security experts watching an administration that has, at times, seemed to move faster than Washington might have expected. President Trump's travel ban executive order sparked protests across the country, and drew criticism from the tech industry.

It's also a departure from other aggressive policies introduced past the new assistants. The new head of the FCC, for instance, has been a critic of the agency's net neutrality rules.

But issues of cyber security take taken an increasingly large role on the globe stage. In 2022, Chinese state-sponsored hackers were accused of stealing information from the US Office of Personnel Direction, which independent information on millions of current and former regime employees. More recently, the Obama administration levied sanctions against Russian federation in response to reports from U.s.a. intelligence that the land tampered in the 2022 presidential election.