A Defense Department supercomputer. Photo from The Wall Street Journal/APFrom The Washington Post:
Shielding Public, Private Networks Is Goal
President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan.
The adviser will have the most comprehensive mandate granted to such an official to date and will probably be a member of the National Security Council but will report to the national security adviser as well as the senior White House economic adviser, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deliberations are not final.
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My Comment: I do understand the need to have someone who has the authority to coordinate and manage cyber security needs. My only concern is that we do not end up with a new organization that is only a bureaucracy that solves little if any of our present day problems.
I guess time will only tell.
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