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Cyber Security Experts Advocate For Stronger U.S. Government Role In Helping Private Sector

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

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Cyber Security Experts Advocate For Stronger U.S. Government Role In Helping Private Sector

The U.S. government should do more to help the private sector and even state and local governments protect themselves from cyber attacks and even hack back against perpetrators of these attacks, two cyber security experts told a House panel on Tuesday. “I’m all in favor of Cyber Command taking a more active role in defense of private industry and state and local government,” Robert Knake, senior research scientist at Northeastern University’s Global Research Institute, told a House Homeland Security Committee…

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