A busy week on the U.S. cybersecurity front is pointing toward a renewed emphasis on the nation’s digital defenses, a shift underscored by Tuesday’s Senate testimony from a top security official that ranked hackers and cyberattacks as greater threats to the country than Al Qaeda and terrorism. “Right now the U.S. simply doesn’t have a mature capability to detect and respond to cyberattacks,” said Tim Erlin, director of IT security and risk strategy at nCircle.
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Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 13, 2013 03:12 PMA busy week on the U.S. cybersecurity front is pointing toward a renewed emphasis on the nation’s digital defenses, a shift underscored by Tuesday’s Senate testimony from a top security official that ranked hackers and cyberattacks as greater threats to the country than Al Qaeda and terrorism. “Right now the U.S. simply doesn’t have a mature capability to detect and respond to cyberattacks,” said Tim Erlin, director of IT security and risk strategy at nCircle.