Napolitano: Executive order on cybersecurity is ‘close to completion’ – The Hill’s Hillicon Valley.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the cybersecurity executive order that the White House is drafting is “close to completion”, it will then be reviewed by the President.
This draft executive order is aimed at protecting the nation from cyberattacks. It is focusing on protecting key infrastructure: electric grid, water systems, and transportation networks. The order would create a voluntary program, with security standards developed, in part, by the government.
However, some business leaders and Republicans are critical of the order, believing it will open the door for regulatory agencies to, in the future, force companies to meet the security standards.
Too much government control or too little, I am not sure which to root for.
We do need better checks to prevent cyber attacks. China and Russia have been leeching off our technology for years.
From an economic standpoint, even though China is the second biggest economy in the world, it annoys me that they do a lot if it by copying and stealing ideas. It is the world hub for fake goods, pirated media and even fully fake Ikea and Apple stores in which the employees don’t even know that they are working for a fabricated store.
How about inventing something for a change? How about innovating? How about working to find the cure to cancer.
My worry is that there will be no privacy at all and our rights will be trampled upon akin to living in a police state if the government is given too much power.