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Cybersecurity near top of DNI concerns

Former director McConnell wishes he spent more time on it

Tags: mngt , cybersecurity , tech , Mike McConnell , Dennis Blair , Dianne Feinstein , Christopher Bond , ODNI , A-Space , C-Space , critical infrastructure

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Government needs to define cyber war

Sen. Feinstein calls for an international treaty on cyberspace to create mutual assurances of protection. Experts say the difficulty is determining the threshold of what constitutes an attack worthy of war. Delayed DoD cyber command would play key role in coming up with strategy for offensive and defensive cyber actions.

Tags: technology , Dennis Blair , Dianne Feinstein , Keith Alexander , ODNI , DoD , White House , DoJ , Jim Lewis , Greg Nojeim , CSIS , CDT , cybersecurity , Cyber Command

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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 , DHS , DoD , NSA , FBI , ODNI , Melissa Hathaway , Mischel Kwon , Liesyl Franz , TechAmerica , RSA , Hathaway Global Strategies , information sharing

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