Botnets represent a major security threat to e-commerce. The effectiveness of this malicious software has gone far beyond the realm of simple annoyance and inconvenience to a major global, technical and economic challenge. The botnet security issue has become so difficult that federal agencies and the private sector have initiated a special effort to deal with the problem. The initiative, launched May 30 by the Obama Administration, is the result of a voluntary public-private partnership between the White House Cybersecurity Office and the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security.
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U.S. Gov Teams With Private Sector to Bust Up Botnets
Posted by: John K. Higgins June 4, 2012 05:00 AMBotnets represent a major security threat to e-commerce. The effectiveness of this malicious software has gone far beyond the realm of simple annoyance and inconvenience to a major global, technical and economic challenge. The botnet security issue has become so difficult that federal agencies and the private sector have initiated a special effort to deal with the problem. The initiative, launched May 30 by the Obama Administration, is the result of a voluntary public-private partnership between the White House Cybersecurity Office and the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security.