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11-01-2007, 06:39 AM
Congress is forming a Cyber security committee due to recent cyber threats, breaches and vulnerabilities in the United States. According to the Center for Information Assurance and Security at the University of Texas, more than 150 million data records have been breached in the United States since the beginning of 2005, which have lead to identity theft and other problems for consumers. Rep. Jim Langevin, (D-RI), who heads the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cyber Security and Science and Technology, and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the leading Republican, have decided to form the commission, along with officials at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, after holding a series of hearings on cyber threats.
About three dozen people with backgrounds in government, business and academia will serve on the commission, whose leaders will include retired Adm. Bob Inman of Austin, a former director of the National Security Agency.
Among possible fixes, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance wants Congress to require businesses and governments to establish data privacy and security programs and to set up required notification standards when a security breach presents a risk to consumers.
For more information:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/10/30/1030cyber.html
About three dozen people with backgrounds in government, business and academia will serve on the commission, whose leaders will include retired Adm. Bob Inman of Austin, a former director of the National Security Agency.
Among possible fixes, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance wants Congress to require businesses and governments to establish data privacy and security programs and to set up required notification standards when a security breach presents a risk to consumers.
For more information:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/10/30/1030cyber.html