Cyber Security languishes during shutdown

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Cyber Security languishes during shutdown

Cyber security advocates are frustrated that new legislation is caught between a rock and a hard place. It's stuck in contentious debates over government survei...

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October 15, 2013 10:15 am

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Cyber security advocates are frustrated that new legislation is caught between a rock and a hard place. It’s stuck in contentious debates over government surveillance and the government shutdown. NSA’s highly skilled cyber workers have been told to stay home, weakening the nation’s ability to protect critical cyber infrastructure. Thousands of people with PHDs and math whizzes and thousands of computer scientists have been sitting idly at home.