The Navajo Nation president wants the tribe to work more closely with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Buu Nygren said he met with DHS officials last week to discuss collaborating more closely with the department to beef up cybersecurity and law enforcement on tribal lands.
He said tribal enterprises were targeted in recent cyberattacks and that the tribe lost funds as a result. He didn’t elaborate on how many attacks the tribe suffered or how much money was lost.
Nygren also signed a $5 million legislative package to create a new police force that he said will work with ICE, the FBI and FEMA. And, he called on the U.S. to recruit more Navajo for federal law enforcement roles.
