Donald Trump says he will appoint a team to "aggressively combat and stop cyber attacks" after meeting US spy chiefs.
The President-elect has said any hacking during the election campaign had no effect on the result and voting machines were not tampered with.
Mr Trump has been at odds with US intelligence agencies who believe Russia interfered in the White House race by hacking into the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign team.
There have been suggestions the alleged cyber attacks helped the Republican tycoon unexpectedly defeat his rival in November's election.
But Mr Trump has been sceptical of the claims, dismissing the controversy as a "political witch-hunt", in an interview before the intelligence briefing with spy chiefs.
Afterwards, he said the meeting had been "constructive", adding: "I have tremendous respect for the work and service done by the men and women of this community to our great nation."
He went on: "While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organisations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election."
He also claimed there were unsuccessful attempts to hack into the Republican National Committee.
Mr Trump said he will appoint a team to come up with a plan within 90 days of him taking office on 20 January.
In their final intelligence report, US spy agencies have apparently identified Russian officials who fed the hacked material to WikiLeaks through a third party.
Mr Trump on Twitter has called himself a "big fan" of intelligence agencies while casting doubts that Russia targeted Mrs Clinton in order to sway the result.
He also said he would ask congressional committees to investigate NBC's receipt of top secret information, apparently referring to a report on Russian hacking in the election.
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