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Former FBI Official Suggests Burden Of Cyber Security Shift To U.S. Government

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

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Former FBI Official Suggests Burden Of Cyber Security Shift To U.S. Government

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The current strategy of placing the burden of cyber security on end users, businesses and individuals, is failed instead should rest with the U.S. government, which has the primary responsibility of protecting the nation, a former FBI official told a Senate panel on Wednesday.“We recognize the inevitability of targeted cyberattack, and are more likely to consider those who suffer computer breaches to be victims, rather than culprits,” Steven Chabinsky, at one time the FBI’s top cyber lawyer, acting director of…

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