Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars the U.S. federal government spends on cybersecurity, it seems that shoestring-budget attackers are still often able to get a foot in the door. At a security colloquium in North Virginia on Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told reporters it’s losing ground in the battle to secure cyberspace. To remedy that, it’s seeking more funding and reaching out to hackers for help. DARPA’s new humility comes in the wake of a recent report to Congress that foreign spies are stealing American intellectual property.
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The Cybersecurity Money Pit
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 8, 2011 05:00 AMDespite the hundreds of millions of dollars the U.S. federal government spends on cybersecurity, it seems that shoestring-budget attackers are still often able to get a foot in the door. At a security colloquium in North Virginia on Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told reporters it’s losing ground in the battle to secure cyberspace. To remedy that, it’s seeking more funding and reaching out to hackers for help. DARPA’s new humility comes in the wake of a recent report to Congress that foreign spies are stealing American intellectual property.