The US Department of State has created the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) as cybersecurity continues to grow in stature as a key governmental challenge.
According to Security Week, the new entity was created to deal with national security challenges, but also deal with the implications of cyberspace and digital technologies and policies on US values.
In addition, the CDP bureau was put into place in order to lead and coordinate the State Department’s cyberspace and digital diplomacy operations and promote responsible cyberspace policies and behaviour.
The Department of State said, “The Bureau addresses the national security challenges, economic opportunities, and values considerations presented by cyberspace, digital technologies, and digital policy and promotes standards and norms that are fair, transparent, and support our values.”
There will be three policy units in the CDP bureau. These will be Digital Freedom, International Information and Communications Policy and International Cyberspace Security.
Jennifer Bachus – who is a senior Foreign Service officer – will serve as principal deputy assistant secretary for the bureau until an ambassador-at-large is confirmed by the US Senate to lead the CDP.
Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said, “[CDP] merges the security, the economics, the values aspects of cyberspace into a single bureau to ensure that we have an approach across these three realms that is integrated and coordinated and represents the values and the interests of our blended security, economic, and human rights interests.”
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