FBI: The top 3 ways Congress could help fight tenacious cyber threats

11.12.2014
There certainly has been no shortage of cyber crime in 2014. You need look no further than the myriad problems outlined by Joseph Demarest, the FBI's assistant director, Cyber Division touched on during testimony before a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on cyber security today.

"The FBI is engaged in a host of efforts to combat cyber threats, from efforts focused on threat identification and sharing inside and outside of government, to our internal emphasis on developing and retaining new talent and changing the way we operate to evolve with the cyber threat," Demarest said.

Demarest suggested three ways Congress could help evolve with that cyber threat. In particular:

"The bottom line, however, is that current levels of information sharing are insufficient to address the cyber threats we face, specifically with regards to the financial sector. The U.S. is currently facing sophisticated, wellresourced adversaries, and minimum security requirements are needed to harden our critical infrastructure networks," Demarest stated.

Demarest also outlined the cyber threat landscape noting a number of issues including:

(www.networkworld.com)

Michael Cooney

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