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On the recordJuly 16, 2012
If there were to be standards that were negotiated--that were agreed to between industry and regulatory agencies, for an area like cyber, where the threat seems to be rapidly evolving, how would you update, routinely, those standards in a way that contributed to actual comprehensive security; how would you do that in a way that balances the economic impact, the cost, with promoting and achieving actual security?
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons questions how to balance evolving cyber standards with economic impact.

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