Cybersecurity

Official: Greatest cyber risks to national security involve handful of sectors

The greatest cyber risks to U.S. national security involve about a third of the country's 16 critical infrastructure sectors, according to an FBI official.

The bureau's cybersecurity outreach program for critical infrastructure is focused on six sectors – banking and finance, energy, transportation, information technology, communications and public health – the program's leader, Stacy Stevens, said during a June 9 public meeting of cybersecurity professionals organized by the Department of Homeland Security in Cambridge, MA.