US agriculture primed to be next frontier in cybersecurity in new year, experts, lawmakers say
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Agriculture is a major economic driver in the U.S., but it is just as prone to foreign cyber threats as more widely reported areas of the U.S. economy and security state.
Dakota State University President Jose-Marie Griffiths told Fox News Digital how important the heartland has become geopolitically, with several Dakotans gaining leadership or cabinet roles in the new year — including Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., chairing the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
"I said quite a lot in the past and in [congressional] testimony about my concerns about agriculture and food production’s critical infrastructure, which came rather late to the cybersecurity critical infrastructure table," Griffiths said. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
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