Since Congress knows it is omniscient and omnipotent, they should just pass a law that declares that cyberspace is secure and that woulld settle the matter for well and good.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:43 PM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | New Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity | > | from the big-brother-security dept. | > | posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 02, @00:27 (Security) | > | http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/02/0238233 | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > [0]Hugh Pickens writes "Senators Jay Rockefeller and Olympia J. Snowe are > pushing to dramatically escalate US defenses against cyberattacks, > crafting proposals in Senate legislation that could be introduced as > early as today, that would empower the government to set and enforce > security standards for private industry for the first time. The > legislation would [1]broaden the focus of the government's cybersecurity > efforts to include not only military networks but also private systems > that control essentials such as electricity and water distribution. > 'People say this is a military or intelligence concern, but it's a lot > more than that,' says Rockefeller, a former intelligence committee > chairman. 'It suddenly gets into the realm of traffic lights and rail > networks and water and electricity.' The bill, containing many of the > recommendations of the landmark study '[2]Securing Cyberspace for the > 44th Presidency' (PDF) by the Center for Strategic and International > Studies, would create the Office of the National Cybersecurity Adviser, > whose leader would report directly to the president and would coordinate > defense efforts across government agencies. The legislation calls for the > appointment of a White House cybersecurity 'czar' with unprecedented > authority to shut down computer networks, including private ones, if a > cyberattack is underway. It would require the National Institute of > Standards and Technology to establish 'measurable and auditable > cybersecurity standards' that would apply to private companies as well as > the government. The legislation also would require licensing and > certification of cybersecurity professionals." > > Discuss this story at: > http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/04/02/0238233 > > Links: > 0. http://hughpickens.com/ > 1. > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033103684.html > 2. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/081208_securingcyberspace_44.pdf > > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
