President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Order
Posted: 2/13/2013 | By: Carl Franzen | The Verge
President Obama on Tuesday signed a new cybersecurity executive
order, allowing the government to share more information it has on
so-called national "cyber threats" with private companies, namely
infrastructure providers.
Obama introduced the order during the State of the Union address, saying "America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks," also calling upon Congress to pass legislation to "give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks." As the President said:
Obama introduced the order during the State of the Union address, saying "America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks," also calling upon Congress to pass legislation to "give our government a greater capacity to secure our networks and deter attacks." As the President said: