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Former FBI Official Suggests Burden Of Cyber Security Shift To U.S. Government

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

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The current strategy of placing the burden of cyber security on end users, businesses and individuals, is failed instead should rest with the U.S. government, which has the primary responsibility of protecting the nation, a former FBI official told a Senate panel on May 10.“We recognize the inevitability of targeted cyberattack, and are more likely to consider those who suffer computer breaches to be victims, rather than culprits,” Steven Chabinsky, at one time the FBI’s top cyber lawyer, acting director…

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