Sep 6, 2018

DHS cyber official: Federal cybersecurity is the "number one priority"

Jeanette Manfra. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Jeanette Manfra, the assistant secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security, named federal cybersecurity as her "number one priority" while speaking at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit Thursday.

Why it matters: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said yesterday that "cyber attacks now exceed the risk of physical attacks." And Manfra's comments come as her agency is warning against critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, including in election security and with energy grids.

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House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) painted the integrity of the Justice Department as "more at risk than at any time in modern history" in opening remarks at a hearing for Attorney General Bill Barr Tuesday, accusing him of shielding President Trump from responsibility and eroding democratic norms.

Why it matters: The hearing, which focuses on the DOJ's alleged politicization under Barr, is the attorney general's first time appearing before the committee. Barr in his own remarks accused the committee's Democrats of trying to discredit him over his investigations into the origins of the FBI's Russia probe.