After cyber attacks, White House must strengthen nation's computer security

By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board, Midwest Voices, Aug. 9, 2009

Last month, a surge of cyber attacks temporarily crashed more than two dozen government and commercial Web sites in the United States and South Korea.

Experts described the attacks as minor, but they emphasized a growing threat and offered a reminder for the Obama administration that it should move more quickly on this front.

With so much of our lives, histories and finances all online, this is a huge problem.
So far, the White House has made little progress in boosting the nation’s cyber security.

In May, President Barack Obama announced creation of a new effort to “deter, prevent, detect and defend” attacks by computer. A 38-page plan was made public, but it offered few details about how those goals would be met.

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