US Cyber Issues Coordinator Plans Trip to S. America for Policy Consultation

Washington (PNA/Sputnik) — The US State Secretary’s Cyber Issues Coordinator Christopher Painter is planning to travel to three countries in South America this week to discuss cyber policy, the US State Department said in a release on Monday.

“Christopher Painter, the [US State] Secretary’s Coordinator for Cyber Issues, will travel to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile April 6-10 to meet with host government officials on a range of cyber policy issues,” the release stated.

Painter will take part in Argentina’s Ministry of Interior’s third annual International Conference and Workshop on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure, whose aim is to utilize best practices on infrastructure protection and cybersecurity at an international and national level.

Painter will then meet with Chilean and Uruguayan government officials to have a dialogue about their cyber security policy, according to the State Department. (PNA/Sputnik) FPV/SSC