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A cybersecurity framework will work only if “we all...

A cybersecurity framework will work only if “we all understand the costs and benefits of adoption,” USTelecom Vice President-Industry and State Affairs Robert Mayer planned to tell a group of security officials and professionals Thursday, at a Cybersecurity & Infrastructure…

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Protection summit in Washington. Officials leading the implementation of the administration’s executive order “are making good-faith efforts to listen and to engage industry in a constructive dialogue,” he said, according to a copy of prepared remarks he provided us. “This is not to say that we don’t have challenging conversations or that we see eye-to-eye on every issue. But we seem to be listening to each other and working together to define a relationship that will only become more critical over time.” Mayer said the nature of the threats and the country’s growing reliance on infrastructure would make it difficult to claim victory in the cybersecurity area. “It is one thing to have a document that is well-written and well-organized, and quite another thing to have a framework that can be effectively implemented and evaluated across multiple enterprises in 16 critical infrastructure sectors,” he said.