From The BBC:The White House should take direct control of US cybersecurity, the woman tipped to be President Obama's net security Czar has said.
Melissa Hathaway told a conference in San Francisco that the net had not been built with safety in mind.
She has just completed a review of cybersecurity for the President.
"This poses one of the most serious challenges of the 21st Century. Cyber space won't be secured overnight on the basis of one good plan," she said.
"We need an agreed way forward based on common understanding and acceptance of the problem.
"This is why the President requested a clean slate review," said Ms Hathaway, who is acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils.
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My Comment: It has taken a long time to reach this point .... but at least there is now an intense focus on both cyber security and cyber attack issues. I do not think leaving this solely at the White House door is the right move .... but at least they are now sensitive to the importance of cyber security on both national security and economic issues.