While we do not comment on outside reports, detecting and blocking cyber intrusion is a key cyber security goal for this administration, working across government and with the private sector.
Enhanced cooperation between the federal government and private sector was cited as one key component to fending off cyber threats.
But given that much of the cyber initiative remains classified--including key details like the anatomy of the government's new networking monitoring technology and the degree to which it will be deployed on private sector networks--building trust with the private sector will be difficult, McConnell argues.
He added that the country has set up a cyber-taskforce responsible for assessing threats to key infrastructure such power production and water supplies.
Security and counter-terrorism cooperation is another key area of discussion, specially cyber security which is becoming a major area of concern for both governments, our correspondent adds.
The cyber security landscape is facing new pressure from a few key areas.
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Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government's National Cyber Bureau, said hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites.
The key difference between last week's two IT bloopers is that the cyber-attack was exogenous while CBOE's software glitch and subsequent slow response were internal issues.
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In a previous post, I demonstrated that key cybersecurity policy documents and statements from top policy makers have consistently diagnosed cyber threats primarily in terms of theft of intellectual property and decreased economic competitiveness.
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The contradictions between this and previous statements of the threat, both by Alexander and others, combined with continued confusion over the definition of key terms, points once again for the need to more clearly articulate the cyber threat if we are to develop appropriate policy responses.
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When investors know through SEC filings that companies have implemented key activities of enterprise security programs, these companies will be rewarded in the marketplace and cyber governance will improve.
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The cyber-collective Anonymous has been rather quiet recently, following the sobering arrests and court appearances of some key supporters.
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