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With Schmidt in place, who's his deputy?

Sources tell FederalNewsRadio that a leading candidate is a staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In the meantime, former White House cybersecurity lead Hathaway and other industry experts offer the new cyber coordinator some advice about priorities and challenges.

Tags: technology , management , Howard Schmidt , James Langevin , Sameer Bhalotra , White House , Senate Select Committee on Intelligence , DHS , DoD , NSA , FBI , ODNI , Melissa Hathaway , Mischel Kwon , TechAmerica , RSA , Hathaway Global Strategies , information sharing

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Cybersecurity Act eliminates internet kill switch

The President would have had the power to flip a switch and kill the internet... until the Cybersecurity Act was revised. Liesyl Franz, Vice President for Information Security at Tech America, explains.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , Cybersecurity Act , Tech America

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Why public-private partnerships needed in cybersecurity

A report by TechAmerica shows that with the interconnected nature of the Internet and the ever evolving sophisticated threats, a public-private partnership is not just a good idea but a necessity.

Tags: TechAmerica , Cybersecurity Update , technology , public-private partnerships , Dorobek Insider

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