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Will the Private Sector Lead on Cybersecurity?

Michael Hayden would know better than me

See this short article, New Cyber Executive Order Draft Is in the Works, Hayden Says.

There are several items of note in the piece. One that a new Presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity is being drafted. More importantly, I found Gen. Hayden's comments about who will lead on the issue of cybersecurity of interest. His point being that government is hamstrung in its ability to be effective due to privacy limitations. 

If what he says is correct, then it won't be until there is a catastrophic cyber-attack before the rules/laws are changed.

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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