Excessive Secrecy Harms National Cyber Defenses, Report Says

                   
informationweek.com     May 16, 2008            

The Senate Armed Services Committee believes the government's new National Cyber Security Initiative is too secret to have much value as deterrence. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek The Senate Armed Services Committee believes the new National Cyber Security Initiative (NCSI) is too secret to... [read full story]                    

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Government Secrecy and the Mysterious Cyber Initative

fergdawg.blogspot.com     May 15, 2008          

Brian Krebs writes on Security Fix:The secrecy surrounding the Bush administration's updated National Cyber Security Initiative -- designed to improve the government's digital defenses and put forth an offensive information warfare doctrine -- is endangering the deterrent value of the project and...                    

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Government’s Cyber Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs

trueblueliberal.com     May 15, 2008          

From Wired By Ryan Singel Major elements of the Bush administration’s proposed $17 billion “cyber security” initiative have little to do with protecting government networks, and a lot to do with spying, according to a budget report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee this week. The...                    

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Gov't Secrecy and the Mysterious Cyber Initative

washingtonpost.com     May 15, 2008          

The secrecy surrounding the Bush administration's updated National Cyber Security Initiative -- designed to improve the government's digital defenses and put forth an offensive information warfare doctrine -- is endangering the deterrent value of the project and appears to be aimed chiefly at...                    

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Report: Government's Cyber Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs

fergdawg.blogspot.com     May 15, 2008          

Ryan Singel writes on Threat Level: Major elements of the Bush administration's proposed $17 billion "cyber security" initiative have little to do with protecting government networks, and a lot to do with spying, according to a budget report released by the Senate Armed Services Committee this...                    

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Excessive Secrecy Harms National Cyber Defenses, Report Says

techweb.com     May 16, 2008          

The Senate Armed Services Committee believes the government's new National Cyber Security Initiative is too secret to have much value as deterrence. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek The Senate Armed Services Committee believes the new National Cyber Security Initiative (NCSI) is too secret to...                    

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Excessive Secrecy Harms National Cyber Defenses, Report Says (TechWeb)

yahoo.com     May 16, 2008          

By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Fri May 16, 3:00 PM ET The Senate Armed Services Committee believes the new National Cyber Security Initiative (NCSI) is too secret to have much value as deterrence. In excerpts from the committee's report on the 2009 defense authorization act, published by...                    

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Cyber security plans assailed

baltimoresun.com     May 18, 2008          

Congress challenges secretive nature of computer safeguards In a stinging rebuke, members of Congress from both parties are challenging a $17 billion plan that the Bush administration put on a fast track earlier this year to secure the nation's cyber networks from terror threats and foreign spying.                    

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Congress challenges computer safeguards

baltimoresun.com     May 18, 2008          

Congress challenges secretive nature of computer safeguards In a stinging rebuke, members of Congress from both parties are challenging a $17 billion plan that the Bush administration put on a fast track earlier this year to secure the nation's cyber networks from terror threats and foreign spying.                    

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