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Business/Financial

‘Fear’ Will Motivate Industry To Bolster Cyber Defenses, AT&T Chief Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

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‘Fear’ Will Motivate Industry To Bolster Cyber Defenses, AT&T Chief Says

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The number one incentive to driving private sector entities to strengthen their capabilities against cyber attacks is “fear,” the head of telecommunications giant AT&T [T] said Wednesday. The threat of cyber attacks and their impacts are what “motivates us nonstop” and “just scares the living hell out of us,” Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, said during a presentation at the White House related to the release of a framework of cyber security standards and best practices. He said…

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