Business councils are not the only ones receiving resignations over Trump's actions regarding Charlottesville.
Established in 2001 under an executive order from President George W. Bush, the NIAC [National Infrastructure Advisory Council] advises the president on critical infrastructure security. Last week's [8] resignations came ahead of a new [28 member] NIAC report that called] for the US to strengthen its cyber defense systems, adding that the current state of US infrastructure is a in a "pre-9/11 moment." (Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta used similar language to describe the state of US cybersecurity infrastructure in 2012.)*
Two White House business councils were disbanded earlier this month after several executives raised concerns over Trump's response to the Charlottesville violence.*
From a separate article:
Former Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly continued an Obama administration effort to shift federal resources to shore up the cybersecurity of state and local election infrastructure following Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election. Kelly also stuck with an Obama-era decision to label election systems critical infrastructure—an official Homeland Security Department designation that makes it easier to commit federal resources to protecting them.**
* https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/28/members-of-trumps-cybersecurity-council-resign-in-protest.html
**http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2017/08/trump-cybersecurity-advisers-resign-moral-protest/140535/
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