U.S. Must Focus On Protecting Critical Computer Networks From Cyber Attack, Experts Urge

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Oct. 9, 2009) — Because it will be difficult to prevent cyber attacks on critical civilian and military computer networks by threatening to punish attackers, the United States must focus its efforts on defending these networks from cyber attack, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

The study finds that the United States and other nations that rely on externally accessible computer networks—such as ones used for electric power, telephone service, banking, and military command and control—as a foundation for their military and economic power are subject to cyber attack.

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