Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama
administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric
claiming the United States is caught up in a cyberwar that it is losing.
“There is no cyberwar,” Schmidt said. “I think that is a terrible metaphor and I think that is a terrible
concept,” Schmidt said. “There are no winners in that environment.” Read the full article. [Wired]
Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama
administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric
claiming the United States is caught up in a cyberwar that it is losing.
“There is no cyberwar,” Schmidt said. “I think that is a terrible metaphor and I think that is a terrible
concept,” Schmidt said. “There are no winners in that environment.” Read the full article. [Wired]
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