General Keith Alexander, the new Cyber Command Chief, recently stated that his current mandate is to protect against cyber threats to the Department of Defense. However, current law does not dictate how to protect critical infrastructure managed and/or used by the private sector. In testimony on Capitol Hill last week, Gen. Alexander essentially supported the notion that this planning cannot be done in a vacuum, but with the full input and support from private industry.
“We cannot do it without industry support, and industry can’t do it without our support,” he said. “But by the time a company reaches out to DHS after an attack, the damage is already done.”
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