Some claim the private sector can do a better job defending networks than government. This is like saying we can rely on the airlines to defend our airspace against enemy fighters.
McConnell argues that government is essential for national cybersecurity over private sector efforts.
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the number-one security threat to the United States of America was cybersecurity, or cyberterror, however you want to phrase it.
The Internet was not designed to be secure. The rules and contracts put in place when it was commercialized were not written with security in mind.
cybersecurity is not just about protecting our government networks from countries, terrorists, or hackers who want our secrets.
America is unacceptably exposed to massive cybercrime, global espionage, and potential cyberattacks that would very easily cripple our infrastructures.