Cyber security plan proposed by White House

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The White House lose thousand dollars every year in cyber attacks.

The US government has submitted a proposal to protect the infrastructure and networks from attacks in order to ensure the privacy of internet users.

The legislative proposal of the administration of President Barack Obama calls to the Department of Homeland Security to assume the task of protect the government computers. It has to be monitoring the detection of intruders and prevention systems.

Obama believes that It would also require upgrading the safety standards of many federal government contractors. The proposal aims to prevent attacks from United States and other countries, including many apparently originated in China.

This new law in the White House would give a new debate in the U.S. Congress about cyber security.

"The cyber security vulnerabilities in our government and infrastructure are crucial and a risk to our national security, public safety and economic prosperity, " said by the White House in a statement.

The office of leader of Senate Democrats, Harry Reid, took the initiative in the Congress on cyber security, gathering proposals sponsored by the chairman of the Commerce Committee, Jay Rockefeller, and of Homeland Security, Joe Lieberman.

A government official said that the White House would like that the Congress approve this year a proposal on cyber security, after a deep discussion that included representatives of industry, privacy advocates and community.

Hackers are responsible for attacks on millions of computers, threatening systems operated by the U.S. government, companies electrical energy and financial companies.

Democrats in the Senate introduced new legislation in February after reports of attacks on computer networks of Nasdaq OMX Group and five multinational oil and gas.

The authorities broke up in April a malware network used to take the control of more than two million computers worldwide and may have led to theft over $ 100 million (70 million euros).

A government official said the White House proposal was result of two years and working environment

In conclusion I think that this measure not only has to be assumed by the US government. Every country must to protect and guaranty the security of people. Currently we are in a moment where everybody have access to internet. The purchases by internet are growing exponentially. It is necessary for ensure the development of the technology more mechanism to protect this new ocean that is internet.

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Source: elEconomista

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