From: ITWorldCanada
Government regulation is a sticky issue in any industry, perhaps even more in cyber security. Every time the government creates a rule or an obligation, goes the argument, it merely opens a hole to be exploited. Exhibit number one is the call for makers of any product with encryption to create a secure back door police and intelligence agencies can use to de-crypt possibly criminal communications.
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I raise this because last week security expert Bruce Schneier again raised the issue of whether governments should step in to help give more protection against distributed denial of service DDoS attacks.
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