Where will future cyberpros come from?

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Where will future cyberpros come from?

In the last 18 months, Melissa Hathaway said, cybersecurity threats have gotten far more stealthy and there is an understanding that it\'s not just an...

Federal News Network Staff

September 2, 2010 8:30 am

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Cybersecurity Update – Tune in weekdays at 30 minutes past the hour for the latest cybersecurity news on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris (6-10 a.m.) and the DorobekINSIDER with Chris Dorobek (3-7 p.m.). you should know about.

Most of the nation’s critical infrastructure is owned by the private sector. Yet the government has a role because a cyber attack disrupting a utility could quickly become a public safety problem. A big component to the public-private approach is mutual information sharing. Congress wanted to know how that’s going, so it asked the Government Accountability Office to take a look. Dave Powner, director of information technology issues at the Government Accountability Office has details this morning on the Federal Security Spotlight at 10:00.

Check out all of Federal News Radio’s coverage of cybersecurity issues here.