NSA chief Keith Alexander, who also runs the U.S. Cyber Command, says it's time to "refine the roles of government and the private sector in securing this nation's critical networks." (Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET)Destructive Cyber Attack Inevitable: NSA Chief -- Space Wars/AFP
The US National Security Agency (NSA) chief on Thursday urged top computer security specialists to harden the nation's critical infrastructure against inevitable destructive cyber attacks.
"This is an important time," NSA and Cyber Command director Gen. Keith Alexander said during a presentation at a premier RSA Conference in San Francisco.
"Most of the destructive tools being developed haven't been used; we need to use this window of opportunity to develop defenses."
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