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Committee Urges Obama to Create Cyber-Security Office

by Terrence O'Brien on December 8, 2008 at 03:01 PM


A new report from a committee of cyber-security experts strongly urges the Obama administration to create an office explicitly for dealing with cyber-attacks on the U.S. The report suggests additional steps to secure America's cyber-borders as well, including the creation of data warrants that could be used in place of traditional search warrants, which are less practical in the event of a cyber-crime, especially crime originating over seas.

The chances that the incoming Obama administration will take the suggestions of the committee seriously are pretty good since five of the committee's members are on Obama's transition team.

The committee also suggested the creation of several more compound words that start with "cyber," including cyber-commission, cyber-initiative, and resuscitated the word cyber-space. [From: Wired News]

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