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Senate Committee: Cyber Security Plan Is Too Big a Secret

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· Story link The new National Cyber Security Initiative launched to deter attacks on government information networks is apparently too…

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The new National Cyber Security Initiative launched to deter attacks on government information networks is apparently too secret for its own good. “If no one knows its concepts or capabilities,” the Senate Armed Services Committee in a new report, the program can hardly serve as a deterrent. The committee urged the administration to “reconsider the necessity and wisdom of the blanket, indiscriminate classification levels established for the initiative.” (5/15/08)

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