The White House's acting cyber-security head, Melissa Hathaway, stood down in August after complaining that the post did not allow her to implement necessary changes.

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Sakuji Yoshimura, head of Cyber University, says that the technology will allow those with jobs or who have disabilities greater access to education.

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It was a Sunday afternoon in August 2012 and Gert-Jan Schenk, the European head of cyber security giant McAfee, had just arrived home from summer vacation.

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Shawn Henry, president of Crowdstrike and former Executive Assistant Director of the FBI and head of its Cyber Division, is quick to note that his company does not advocate hacking into systems.

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Alexander as head of its new Cyber Command, a sign that the US is deadly serious about extending its warfighting capabilities to cyberspace.

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Earlier this month, Iain Lobban, the head of GCHQ, told a cyber security conference in London that a "significant" attempt was made to target the computer systems of the Foreign Office and other government departments over the summer.

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Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. Cyber Command, a part of the military, acknowledged that the Obama administration is debating internally how to proceed when U.S. companies are under cyberattack.

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It is not so much that I have buried my head in the sand and think that there are no cyber threats.

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The hearing was aimed at determining whether the head of the National Security Agency, Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, will lead the U.S. Cyber Command, and produced few surprises.

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