[pchelpers] News:US takes steps to create infrastructure against cyber attacks

Congress takes up legislation to bolster response to increasing threat
of cyber terrorism

Daniel Nasaw in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 April 2009 19.19 BST

The US Congress is taking up legislation to dramatically bolster the
government's response to the growing threat of international computer
espionage and cyber terrorism, a move that would give the president
broad authority to sever from the internet private computer networks at
risk of attack. 

The legislation is the US government's first effort to create a
comprehensive government infrastructure to deal with the threat to the
privately-run computer networks that handle internet traffic critical to
the functioning of the nation and the world. 

The legislation would organise the response from the more than 40 US
government agencies currently tasked with handling cyber security
issues, aimed at avoiding a cyber "Hurricane Katrina" situation in which
a disaster is aggravated by a bungled government response, analysts
said.

More here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/07/cyber-security-legislation-usa
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