PerfectCitizen will look at large, typically older computer control systems that were often designed without Internet connectivity or security in mind.
That led to initial work on PerfectCitizen, which was a piecemeal effort to forge relationships with some companies, particularly energy companies, whose infrastructure is widely used across the country.
The information gathered by PerfectCitizen could also have applications beyond the critical infrastructure sector, officials said, serving as a data bank that would also help companies and agencies who call upon NSA for help with investigations of cyber attacks, as Google did when it sustained a major attack late last year.
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