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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Obama setting up better security for computers

He said he would rather choose a man wants to lead a new office in the White House on cyber security, and this person will report to the National Security Council and the National Economic Council - a nod of his assertion that the economic prosperity of country depends on cyber security.

As coordinator of the exact title has not yet been determined, Obama addressed concerns that the person can not have a policy making and budget authority needed to change. Coordinator, said that he will have "regular access to me."

Up to a dozen candidates - from the public and private sectors - being considered for employment, according to officials familiar with the discussions.

America is not too long to protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Monday, declaring that he would appoint a new Cyber death to press for action.

Surrounded by the deaths of public officials, corporate leaders and aides, Obama said that America has reached a "national transformations moment" when computer networks are probed and attacked millions of times a day.

"It is clear now that the cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security that we face as a nation," Obama said, adding: "We are not prepared as they should be the government or country.
Experts have expressed similar reservations.

"I expect a state is less a role that does not have budgetary authority, which reports to the NEC, will probably not lead to the kind of changes that really be done," said Gene Spafford, computer security expert and professor at Purdue University, when candidate Obama said before last year to make a priority of cyber.

Obama said he would work with the coordinator of the Office of Management and Budget agencies to ensure that spending priorities reflect the needs.

Generally, a computer company executives and members of Congress greeted Obama announced as a good first step and warned that it is very difficult work that remains to be done.

"As the private sector owns and manages most of our critical infrastructure, government and businesses have a shared responsibility to protect the network," said Ann Beauchesne, Vice President for National Security of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Throw the whole five point plan, the President of the United States of America to provide training necessary to keep pace with technology and to attract and maintain a cyber-savvy workforce. He called for new educational campaigns to raise public awareness about the challenges and threats related to cyber security.

New interconnected world offers great promise, but it also poses a significant risk, the President said to declare: "cyber-space is real, and so is the risk that comes with it."

He assured business, however, that the government will not dictate how the private sector should enhance the digital protective. And when it became clear that the new cyber security efforts will not include any monitoring of private networks or individual e-mail accounts.

The Internet, he says, must remain open and free.

Business leaders and experts in cybernated space, however, say they are concerned that the new coordinator will not have enough power to force government agencies are willing to devote turf wars or dictate how to spend millions of dollars in the U.S. His current budgets digital..


Obama announces comes as the Pentagon does not want to create a new Cyber Command, to improve the protection of networks and coordination of its military offensive and defensive cyber missions.

Government officials have grown increasingly alarmed by the UC networks has been repeatedly assailed by the attacks and scams, ranging from hacker attacks and sneaky public policy studies, including allegations of cyber espionage in other countries such as China. Officials revealed at the beginning of this year there was an attack on the network and Pentagon computers have been infected with the virus.





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