National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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The Trump administration has made substantial progress in improving the resilience of the Internet ecosystem and reducing the threat of botnets. In a report released today [1], the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security documented more than 50 activities led by industry and government that demonstrate progress in the drive to counter botnet threats. Building upon work started two years ago with the Botnet Report [2] and Road Map [3], industry and government are working hard to put a stop to these dangerous attacks.
Here are a few of the milestone achievements:
Stopping botnet threats is an ecosystem-wide challenge that will take significant cooperation over time to accomplish. The Botnet Report and Road Map emphasized that the U.S. government cannot and should not attack the botnet problem alone. Today’s report demonstrates the commitment across government and industry to continue to build increased security and resilience to protect U.S. networks.
Links
[1] https://www.ntia.gov/files/ntia/blogimages/botnet_road_map_status_update.pdf
[2] https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2018/us-departments-commerce-homeland-security-release-report-president-promoting
[3] https://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2018/road-map-building-more-resilient-internet
[4] https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8259a/final
[5] https://www.ntia.gov/category/internet-policy
[6] https://www.ntia.gov/category/internet-policy-task-force
[7] https://www.ntia.gov/category/cybersecurity