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Clinton launches new plan to protect IT infrastructure
From: mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:55:47 -0700
Forwarded From: darek.milewski () us pwcglobal com http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1516764.html?tag=st.ne.1002.bgif?st.ne.fd.gif.k Clinton launches new plan to protect IT infrastructure By Erich Luening Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 7, 2000, 9:05 a.m. PT President Clinton today launched a new $2 billion dollar battle plan for combating cyberterrorism, including a new educational initiative to recruit and educate information technology workers. Spending for federal initiatives to protect the nation's infrastructure from cyberattacks in the United States and abroad will increase 17 percent, from $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2000 to $2 billion in fiscal year 2001, government officials said today. "We have a new economy that is dependent on information technology," Commerce Department Secretary William Daley said in a press conference this morning. "We have to protect this economy." The new plan is the result of a study ordered by Clinton, which looked into ways to protect America's computer systems from attacks by cyberterrorists that could cripple key sectors of the economy. The new National Plan for Information Systems Protection, version 1.0, includes a $25 million funding proposal for the Federal Cyber Services Training and Educational Initiative, which looks to meet the demand for IT workers and information security specialists. [snip...] ISN is sponsored by Security-Focus.COM
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