NEW: We spoke to Colin Ahern, the chief cyber officer for the state of New York.
He sounded the alarm after all the Trump cuts to cybersecurity agencies and programs, and said states need Washington to be a better partner to secure its networks.
“We work with the federal government day in and day out. We need and want the federal government to be effective,” Ahern said. “I think it's no secret that we are concerned about some of the things — many of the things, in fact — that we're seeing with the ‘Big Ugly Bill,’ with the rescissions that just passed,” said Ahern, referring to Trump's flagship budget that passed in early July.
New York state cyber chief calls out Trump for cybersecurity cuts | TechCrunch
The top cybersecurity official in New York told TechCrunch in an interview that Trump's budget cuts are going to put the government at risk from cyberattacks, and will put more pressure on states to secure themselves.
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