Trump to order reviews into US cybersecurity defence

President Donald Trump is due to sign yet another executive order on Tuesday, with cybersecurity to be the focus of the latest action by the new administration.

According to a report from CNBC, Trump will label cybersecurity as one of his main priorities after a presidential election campaign which was plagued by issues related to hacking and account breaches.

Intelligence agencies in the US concluded that Russia was involved in the hacking of emails from several high-profile Democrat members, a conclusion which Trump denied for months before saying after victory that "I think it was Russia".

Trump has attempted to shift the focus away from Russia however, repeatedly saying that various other states have attempted and successfully hacked US entities.

The executive order is expected to hand the heads of government agencies a more direct role in the reviewing and managing of cyber risks.

The US President has signed a raft of executive orders since being sworn in 11 days ago, with his move to temporarily suspend immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries provoking particular ire.

Cybersecurity has become a significant issue in recent years, particularly in the US, where several high profile companies have also fallen victim to attacks.

The most noteworthy of those were two huge hacks of account holders with internet firm Yahoo, the first of which was disclosed last September in which 500.0m account details were hacked. That was followed by a further disclosure in December in which one billion accounts were breached.

The hacks have led to a reported renegotiation of terms in Verizon's planned $4.8bn takeover of the company's core internet business.