[ga] Bridging the gap: Why privacy and security are so important XIV - DHS official stresses cybersecurity is industry's responsibility

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  I fully agree with DHS on this score.  Indeed such responsibility
should be extended to the pivate, both commecial and non-commercial
sectors as well.  Perhaps that will require legislation, regulation,
or both.  The days of no or little accountability and liability in
IT security are, or soon will be over.  Perhaps Google, and Network
Solutions in particular will soon be getting this message clearly
very soon given recent security breaches by both at the expense of
the American Taxpayer as well as some of our trading partners.

See:http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100525_8667.php?oref=rss?zone=NGtoday
Contractors that fail to live up to security requirements in federal technology 
contracts should be held accountable, even if the vulnerabilities originated in 
products or capabilities provided by suppliers, a top Homeland Security 
Department 
official said on Tuesday.

Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
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