Forwarded from: Richard Forno <rforno (at) infowarrior.org> To: Undisclosed-recipients: <>; Cc: Dave Farber <dave (at) farber.net> Subject: [Infowarrior] - Senate sets up Cyber Security Task Force Oh, zippidy-doo-dah! Just what will fix the problem -- another task force to spend our tax dollars and waste time leading to town halls, hearings, and a nicely-formatted report telling us what we already know and have known for the past 15 years. The more things change....... ---rf http://whitehouse.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=BDB0A4A9-B617-4E87-B03A-BBCEA1D0BD1C December 9, 2009 Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has established a Cyber Security Task Force to evaluate cyber threats to the United States and issue recommendations to the U.S. intelligence community, as appropriate. The bipartisan task force will be chaired by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and will also include Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). "I'm honored to have been chosen by Chairman Feinstein to lead this task force," said Whitehouse. "As our world becomes increasingly interconnected by advanced networks of communication, the United States must recognize cyber security as fundamental to our national security. I look forward to working with Senators Mikulski and Snowe to make our nation better ready to defend against this new frontier of potential attacks." The task force will officially convene in January 2010 and will complete its work by June 2010. _______________________________________________ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior (at) attrition.org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/infowarrior ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Fri Dec 11 2009 - 02:21:18 PST
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