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05-04-2006, 11:00 AM
"For years, industry officials have urged the Bush administration to support cybersecurity research and development. Now they say they are hopeful that a new federal plan released in April will lead to increased funding for cybersecurity.
The National Science and Technology Council, a Cabinet-level body that coordinates governmentwide science and technology policies, issued the “Federal Plan for Cyber Security and Information Assurance Research and Development.” The report identifies critical threats to the nation’s information technology infrastructure and recommends that the government pay for research that would enable manufacturers to build IT security safeguards into infrastructure systems before they are delivered to power plants or other high-risk facilities. "
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http://www.fcw.com/article94225-05-01-06-Print
The National Science and Technology Council, a Cabinet-level body that coordinates governmentwide science and technology policies, issued the “Federal Plan for Cyber Security and Information Assurance Research and Development.” The report identifies critical threats to the nation’s information technology infrastructure and recommends that the government pay for research that would enable manufacturers to build IT security safeguards into infrastructure systems before they are delivered to power plants or other high-risk facilities. "
For more information:
http://www.fcw.com/article94225-05-01-06-Print