Biden Administration Unveils New Effort to Secure Critical Infrastructure by Andrew Thornebrooke – US Politics News

The Biden administration is unveiling a new national security memorandum aimed at securing the country’s critical infrastructure and increasing resilience.
The national security memorandum replaces a 2013 document released by the Obama administration and will launch a whole-of-government effort to enhance the resiliency across a swath of key systems from communications to water management systems.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on April 30 that the effort would be led by the Department of Homeland Security.
The department would direct intelligence agencies to work with the private sector to achieve its goals.
“It will direct the U.S. intelligence community to collect, produce, and share intelligence and information with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure,” Mr. Kirby said during a press call….