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Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks
Computer-based network attacks are slowly bleeding U.S. businesses of revenue and market advantage, while the government faces the prospect of losing in an all-out cyberwar, experts told Senators in a hearing on Tuesday. "If the nation went to war today in a cyberwar, we would lose," said Michael McConnell, executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamiltons national security business and a former director of national security and national intelligence. "Were the most vulnerable. Were the most connected. We have the most to lose." The U.S. will not be able to mitigate the risk from cyberattack until the government gets more actively involved in protecting the nations network, which may not occur until after a "catastrophic event" happens, McConnell said in testimony during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. "The governments role will change to become more active," he said. "Were going to morph the Internet from .com to .secure." The subject of the hearing was the Cyber Security Act of 2009, which would regulate organizations and companies that provide critical infrastructure for the U.S., require licensing and certification for cybersecurity professionals, and provide funding for grant and scholarship programs. The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the Cyber Security Act earlier this month.
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