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New Cyber Bills A Good Start But Need To Go Further, Former Security Officials Say

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

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New legislation that been introduced in the House and Senate the past two months aimed at codifying the Department of Homeland Security’s responsibilities for working with the private sector and the rest of government regarding cyber security matters as well as improving information sharing between the private sector and the government on cyber issues is a good start but needs to go further, two former high ranking government officials said recently. These bills are “absolutely necessary” but they are also…

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