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The White House has released its "cybersecurity" report: http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.pdf Following is one reaction. -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956353.html The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a hawkish think tank in Washington with close ties to the military, called the report flawed because it did not demand new laws or regulations aimed at Internet companies. CSIS is headed by John Hamre, defense secretary under President Clinton, who spent years warning of "the future electronic Pearl Harbor that might happen to the United States" if extreme measures were not taken. "Cybersecurity is too tough a problem for a solely voluntary approach to fix," said James Lewis, director of the CSIS Council on Technology and Public Policy. "Companies will only change their behavior when there are both market forces and legislation that cover security failures. Until the U.S. has more than just voluntary solutions, we'll continue to see slow progress in improving cybersecurity." CSIS analyst Arnaud de Borchgrave, a former editor-in-chief of the Washington Times and United Press International, warned that a "cyberattack" was just around the corner. "It is later than we think. The next generation of transnational terrorists understands that a hand on a mouse can be more lethal than a finger on the trigger," said de Borchgrave, who co-authored a report that concluded: "Cyberattacks now arise whenever disputes occur anywhere in the world...Can cyberterrorism and cyberwar be far behind?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------