By Nelson A. King
Caribbean American Democratic
Congresswoman, Yvette
D. Clarke announced on Monday
her appointment to chair
of the Homeland Cybersecurity,
Infrastructure Protection
and Innovation Subcommittee,
under the jurisdiction of
the US House of Representatives’
Committee on Homeland
Security.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Protection Subcommittee
legislates and oversees
programs and issue areas of
the US Department of Homeland
Security’s (DHS) mission
in cybersecurity, infrastructure
protection and promoting
security technologies.
It will enhance greater collaboration
on cybersecurity
across the 16 critical infrastructure
sectors and the sharing
of cyber threat information
between the private sector and
federal, state and local partners,
Clarke said.
She said the subcommittee
will seek to increase DHS’s
ability to protect federal networks,
improve the protection
of the nation’s critical assets,
and ensure the essential development
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for emerging threats.
“I am honored to serve as
chair of the Homeland Cybersecurity,
Infrastructure Protection,
and Innovation Subcommittee,”
said Clarke, who
represents the 9th Congressional
District in Brooklyn.
“The salient issue of cybersecurity
encompasses everything
that pertains to protecting our
nation’s sensitive data, intellectual
property, data and governmental
and industry information
systems from theft, tampering,
and damage.
“Fundamentally, our society
is more technologically reliant
than ever before and the spread
of false, deceptive or misleading
statements, information, acts
or practices, amplified by the
use of technology and social
media, threatens the integrity
of democratic institutions, and
the rule of law which form the
foundation of our democracy,”
added the daughter of Jamaican
immigrants.
“I look forward to working
with my colleagues and the
Biden-Harris administration to
advance and fortify our nation’s
cybersecurity, infrastructure
protection and innovation,”
Clarke continued.
Congressman Bennie
Thompson, chairman of the
House Committee on Homeland
Security, said he was “glad
Congresswoman Clarke will be
leading our committee’s Cybersecurity,
Infrastructure Protection
and Innovation Subcommittee
this Congress.
“After the previous administration
failed to make cybersecurity
a top priority in the
face of growing and evolving
threats, we will have to make
up for lost time,” he said.
“As we continue to learn
more about the wide-spread
cyber campaign targeting federal
networks and certain critical
infrastructure, there will
be a great deal of work ahead
to mature our federal network
security programs, implement
robust chain risk management
practices, and evolve the partnership
between the Federal
government and the private
sector,” Thompson added. “I
have every confidence Rep.
Clarke is the right person for
the job.”
Clarke, who has been in
Congress since 2007, is a senior
Brooklyn Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke. Photo by Nelson A.
King
member of the House Energy
and Commerce Committee and
a senior member of the Committee
on Homeland Security.
Clarke appointed to top post
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